ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269466
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| Date: | Monday 8 November 2021 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Sonex Aircraft Sonex |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N432SX |
| MSN: | 1044 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 60 hours |
| Engine model: | AeroVee 2.1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Malone, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marianna Municipal Airport, FL (KMAI) |
| Marianna Municipal Airport, FL (KMAI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 8, 2021, about 1620 central standard time, an experimental, amateur-built Sonex airplane, N432SX, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Malone, Florida. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
On the day of the accident, the pilot reported to a friend that the engine had lost power twice during a previous flight that day, but he informed another individual before departing on the accident flight that he had discovered what the problem was and would remain in the airport traffic pattern during the next flight. The pilot departed and proceeded north of the airport, where a witness near the accident site noted that the airplane flying in a westerly direction at high speed toward the ground. About 1 to 2 seconds after the airplane disappeared from his view, he saw black smoke. The airplane had impacted a tree adjacent to an abandoned runway while flying in a westerly direction, then impacted the ground and came to rest inverted.
Postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction of the flight controls. Examination of the power train of the engine revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction. Although several of the spark plug gap measurements did not meet specification, these conditions likely existed when the flight departed and likely would not have resulted in a total loss of engine power. Extensive thermal damage to the engine precluded examination of the ignition and fuel metering system components. Therefore, it could not be determined whether there was a loss of engine power during the accident flight, or if the pilot was attempting to perform forced landing to the abandoned runway when the collision with the tree occurred.
Probable Cause: An in-flight collision with a tree for reasons that could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/breaking-news/first-responders-on-scene-of-jackson-county-plane-crash/
https://www.wjhg.com/2021/11/09/plane-crash-malone/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104218
http://aeroexperience.blogspot.com/2013/09/variety-of-aircraft-can-be-found-in-air.html
http://www.rodbearden.com/Oshkosh%202014/R-S/Sonex%20N432SX.JPG (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2021 01:24 | Geno | Added |
| 09-Nov-2021 05:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2021 15:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2021 17:43 | harro | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Nov-2021 20:31 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Dec-2021 22:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Sep-2023 03:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category]] |
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