Amateur-built Genesis accident near Linesville, Pennsylvania, July 2, 2017

The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record

The private pilot departed on a local flight with a 5-kt tailwind in the experimental, light sport airplane. Witnesses described that, shortly after takeoff, about 500 ft above ground level, the airplane began a right turn before it stalled and entered a spin, descending to ground contact about 1,800 ft from the departure end of the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane and engine revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation; however, the fuselage, cockpit, and instrumentation were consumed by postimpact fire. The pilot purchased the airplane about 2 1/2 years before the accident; however, his logbook indicated that he had flown the airplane only once, for 5 hours, since that time. A witness reported that the pilot had expressed that he "did not trust his aircraft." Just before the flight, the witness heard the pilot say that the airspeed indicator was inoperative, but the pilot had declined his offer to borrow one and proceeded to takeoff. Given the witness observations and the lack of mechanical anomalies, it is likely that the pilot allowed the airplane's airspeed to decay during the right turn after takeoff and exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack, resulting in an aerodynamic stall/spin. Fire damage precluded functional testing of the airspeed indicator. However, the airplane's lack of a functional airspeed indicator, as reported by the witness, likely rendered the pilot with no, or possibly inaccurate, information regarding the airplane's airspeed.

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.

Other NTSB records under N3449 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time