# NTSB Accident CHI02FA059
> **Borgman Smyth Sidewinder** · 2001-12-28 · Independence, KS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI02FA059
- **Event ID:** 20011231X02467
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-12-28
- **Location:** Independence, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.119201, -94.409721
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Borgman
- **Model:** Smyth Sidewinder
- **Registration:** N133G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane and the subsequent inadvertant stall during the base to final turn.  A factor associated with the accident was that an unqualified person was piloting the airplane.

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