Amateur-built CP328 SUPER EMERAUDE accident near Painton, Missouri, September 10, 1994
On September 10, 1994 at about 2:10 pm local time, a amateur-built CP328 SUPER EMERAUDE, registered N90484, was substantially damaged in an accident near Painton, Missouri. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person was seriously injured and 1 person had minor injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
in flight delamination and subsequent failure of the hand carved wooden propeller.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 10, 1994 · about 2:10 pm local time
- Place
- Painton, Missouri
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured and 1 person had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built CP328 SUPER EMERAUDE CP328 SUPE
- Registration
- N90484 · no longer on the register · serial ALS1
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT THE PILOT THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED HIS PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES AND SAID HE PULLED THE ENGINE THROUGH TWO REVOLUTIONS. HE SAID HE WAS CLIMBING ON COURSE WHEN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. DURING THE FORCED LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE HAND CARVED WOOD PROPELLER HAD FAILED. HE SAID THAT ONE BLADE HAD DELAMINATED AND HAD SPLIT FROM THE TIP TO THE HUB. A 'GOOD SIZED PIECE' HAD SEPARATED IN FLIGHT.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, foreign licence, private, student
- Ratings: single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: helicopter; rotorcraft: airship
- Flight time: 189 hours in all; 78 in this make and model; 132 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 100 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, August 21, 1994; 1 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,560 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming O-290G (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MO at 2:10 pm
- Destination: IRK Kirksville MO
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 84°F (29°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:51 pm from CGI, 20 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
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