# Accident 19950422008689A: Amtrar BUMBLEBEE2, Rockledge, FL, April 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1995, 13:10 local time
- Place: Rockledge, FL
- Airport: Rockledge Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3215° N, 80.7379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockledge, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3215&lon=-80.7379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4711G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4711G-2013-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Korzep Edward BUMBLE BEE 500 (registry code 13015DK, https://openairdocs.org/model/korzep-edward-bumble-bee-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAR BUMBLEBEE2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 4 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950422008689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OVERSHOT TURN TO FINAL LANDING. LOST ROTOR RPM AND CONTROL TRYING TO REALIGN. PILOT NOT RATED. NO MEDICAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA95LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA116), Apr 22, 1995: Korzep Bumble BEE 500 (N4711G), Titusville, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ROTOR RPM, RESULTING IN THE SUBSEQUENT IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PILOT'S LACK OF QUALIFICATION WAS A FACTOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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