ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164875
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| Date: | Sunday 23 March 2014 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  Fantasy Air Allegro 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N90650 |
| MSN: | 06-235 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near First Flight Airport (KFFA), Kill Devil Hills, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sanford, NC (TTA) |
| Kill Devil Hills, NC (FFA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the sport pilot, while turning from the left base to the final leg of the approach for runway 2, with engine power reduced to "near" idle, a gust of wind came from the right and the airplane lost altitude. He attempted to recover the altitude loss by rolling the airplane to a wing level attitude and adding full power; however, the airplane impacted the top of a tree. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground in a nose-down attitude. A postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the wings, fuselage, and tail section were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or abnormalities that would have precluded normal operation. Around the time of the accident, the wind at the airport was from 020 degrees at 12 knots with gust to 19 knots.
Probable Cause:
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing approach in gusty wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 2011 | N90650 | Private | 0 | Stonington, Maine | |
sub |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2014 16:59 | Geno | Added |
| 23-Mar-2014 18:59 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2014 05:40 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 13:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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