# NTSB Accident CEN13LA029
> **Quad City Challenger** · 2012-10-23 · Castroville, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN13LA029
- **Event ID:** 20121024X31022
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-10-23
- **Location:** Castroville, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.426389, -98.977218
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Quad City
- **Model:** Challenger
- **Registration:** UNREG
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s steep 180-degree turn to final approach for landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and spin at an altitude from which he could not recover.

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