# Accident 20010707017859A: Amtr DRIFTEARV582, Sebring, FL, July 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2001, 12:17 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4606° N, 81.3483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4606&lon=-81.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3395H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3395H-2004-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: West Kenneth C ARV 582 (registry code 05626EM, https://openairdocs.org/model/west-kenneth-c-arv-582) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRIFTEARV582
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX618
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 240 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010707017859A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 07, 2001, AT 1217 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, KENNETH WEST ARV582 EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N3395H, IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING TAKE-OFF AT SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT, IN SEBRING, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1217. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 36, THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE BANKED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF.                                    (-23) ACCORDING TO TWO SEPARATE EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS, UPON TAKING OFF FROM SEBRING, FLORIDA AIRPORT (SEF) RUNWAY 18, THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING BANKED HARD TO THE RIGHT WITH THE NOSE POINTING DOWN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. ON 07/24/01, A POST-ACCIDENT ENGINE TEST RUN ANALYSIS REVEALED THT THE ENGINE OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER THE PILOT/OWNER DIED OF MULTIPLE FATAL INJURIES DURING IMPACT.                 (.4) A EXPERIMENTAL ARV 582 AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND ON TAKE OFF IN SEBRING, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 18, THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE BANKED TO THE RIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, IN NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR ANY FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL01LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA077), Jul 7, 2001: Kenneth West ARV 582 (N3395H), Sebring, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed, followed by a subsequent inadvertent stall spin.

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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