ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283618
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 September 2022 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: | Northwing Design Apache Sport |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3283N |
| MSN: | 6199 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, near Southern Shores, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kill Devil Hills-First Flight Airport, NC (FFA/KFFA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On September 21, 2022, about 1000 eastern daylight time, a Northwing Design aircraft, N3283N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Southern Shores, North Carolina. The private pilot was fatally injured and the passenger sustained minor injuries. The weight-shift control aircraft was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The passenger stated that his step-father performed a thorough preflight inspection which he also performed, then the flight departed and flew north along the coast. After twice orbiting a house they were staying at his step-father turned and proceeded south just offshore to return to the departure airport. While en-route his father mentioned that the flight might encounter turbulence then about 5 minutes later while flying about 400 yards offshore at 3,500 ft mean sea level between 55 and 60 miles-per-hour, with scattered clouds below them, the passenger reported, it felt like “something punched the plane” consistent with turbulence. He felt an upwards jar, then the airplane was out of control. It started spiralling to the right and while descending towards the ocean he felt a force consistent with activation of the airframe parachute, but he could not recall what altitude that was at. After water impact he struggled but managed to release his restraint and remained in the water about 30 minutes before being rescued. He further stated that when he felt the jar he looked to the right wing and noted “bracing material” sticking out of the wing fabric and the right side of the wing was no longer stretched and was much smaller than the left side of the wing.
The fuselage portion of the wreckage without the wing washed ashore south of where the accident occurred and was first spotted on October 5, 2022. The wreckage was retained for further examination.
Sources:
https://www.witn.com/2022/09/21/one-dead-another-rescued-after-obx-ultra-light-glider-crash/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N3283N
Location
Media:
NTSB investigating today's crash of an experimental Northwing Design Apache Sport airplane into the Atlantic Ocean near Southern Shores, North Carolina.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 21, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2022 20:58 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Sep-2022 21:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2022 22:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2022 02:53 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2022 08:12 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Embed code, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 22-Sep-2022 13:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 01-Nov-2022 20:22 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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