# Accident 19961231040869A: Amtrht SIROCCOMJ5, Sanford, FL, December 31, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1996, 11:13 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Central Florida Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7801° N, 81.2709° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7801&lon=-81.2709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N949EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N949EA-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sirocco Flying Club MJ 5 (registry code 05620AQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/sirocco-flying-club-mj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ford CONVERSION (registry code 26701, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ford-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRHT SIROCCOMJ5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961231040869A

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT PILOT ADVISED LOST CONTROL AND GOING DOWN. PITCHED NOSE DOWN ON UPWIND. NO CONTROL PROBLEMS FOUND.

## 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 MIA97LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA052), Dec 31, 1996: Sirocco Flying Club MJ 5 (N949EA), Sanford, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering in the traffic pattern (crosswind) after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and collision…

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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