ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214750
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| Date: | Monday 27 August 2018 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: | Airtime Cygnet |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N186AT |
| MSN: | 111 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 174 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santa Rosa Sound off Tiger Point, Santa Rosa County, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola, FL |
| Pensacola, FL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Following a 1-year period without flying, the student pilot completed two flights in his amphibious weight-shift-control aircraft with a flight instructor before departing on his first solo flight. The instructor reported that, during the two instructional flights, the student completed takeoffs and landings, steep turns, stalls, and spiral recovery "perfectly." After exiting the aircraft, the instructor told the student to perform several water landings, with traffic patterns 500 ft above ground level (agl). The student departed and, on the downwind leg, the aircraft entered a left descending spiral that continued until water impact. Examination of the engine and airframe revealed no preimpact mechanical failures or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N186AT
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2018 19:46 | Geno | Added |
| 28-Aug-2018 07:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 04:05 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 08-Jun-2020 08:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, Accident report, ] |
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