# Accident 20000223043349A: Aero L13SEHVIVAT, Plymouth, MA, February 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2000, 14:52 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67RG-2004-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotechnik L-13 SEH VIVAT (registry code 0090100, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotechnik-l-13-seh-vivat) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO L13SEHVIVAT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000223043349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. KREJCI TOOK CONTROL OF N67RG FROM LEFT SEAT PILOT CROMWELL TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE FOR GLIDER STRIP 24. APPROACH WAS POWER-OFF WITH PROP FEATHERED. AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE IN SINKING AIR AND CONTACTED TREETOPS INBOUND ON APPROACH, SHEARING APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET FROM TWO TREES ABOUT 24 FEET APART ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH. RIGHT WING INBOARD SECTION STRUCK A THIRD TREE TRUNK APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET ALONG IN THE FLIGHT PATH, SHEARING OFF THE OUTBOARD 2/3 OF THE WING. AIRCRAFT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES AND ROLLED LEFT, DESCENDING AT ABOUT A 50 DEGREE ANGLE, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON ITS RIGHT SIDE IN A NEARLY FLAT ATTITUDE, 70 FEET FROM THE LOCATION OF THE SEVERED RIGHT WING SECTION. GROUND WITNESS MARKS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET, COMING TO REST INVERTED. COCKPIT CONTROLS SHOWED MAGS OFF, FLAPS RETRACTED, SPOILERS DEPLOYED, LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN AND PROP FEATHERED. VERIFIED GEAR DOWN, FLAPS RETRACTED, SPOILERS DEPLOYED BOTH WINGS, AND PROP FEATHERED. ELT ACTIVATED AT IMPACT. CONTROL CABLE AND TORQUE TUBE INTEGRITY VERIFIED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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