20030131001389A

(.19) On January 31, 2003, about 0745, eastern standard time, an extra flugzeugbau gmbh EA300/L, N33KL, registered to lcs holdings inc., and operated by a private individual, as a title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, crashed in the picayune strand state forest, collier county, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed, and the private-rated pilot and commercial-rated flight instructor received fatal injuries. The flight originated at wing south airpark, naples, Florida, the same day, about 0730. A witness who was in the state forest at the time said that he noticed the accident airplane approach from the north, in level flight, above the trees, on a course such that it would bypass his position slightly to the west. He said that as the airplane approached, the engine noise grew louder, and disrupted his activities, so he ceased what he was doing, and observed the airplane as it passed by. He said he saw the airplane perform a slight roll to the both sides, followed by a larger roll to both sides, and further stated that each rolling maneuver appeared to be deliberate, and not to be unusual. As the airplane bypassed his position, he said he lost sight of it due to the trees that he was standing among, and a short time thereafter he heard a the sound of a loud bang, and the airplane's engine noise ceased, followed by complete silence. (-23) 1/31/2003: inspectors avery and schoonover, from the miami flight standards district office arrived on scene at approximately 1530 hours. Upon arrival at the scene, personnel of the collier county sheriffs department, medical examiner division, crime scene investigation unit and park rangers were in the process of disassembling the aircraft with the use of metal shears and a front end loader to gain access to the occupants of the aircraft. The NTSB representative had previously released the sight for removal of the victims. One female and one male occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene. The sheriff had tentatively identified the victims as linda c. simpson and john p. martin, both of privacy data omitted the sight was disturbed by the law enforcement. Lieutenant m. cherney from the collier county sheriffs aviation department stated that he has pictures both aerial and at the scene prior to any disturbance of the aircraft wreckage. Lieutenant's cherney c ommented that there was no fire or smoke and that the emergency locator transmitter was not activated. Lieutenant cherney also mentioned that the vertical stabilizer ws vertical in the impact crater with an approximate northsest to southeast orientation and that the aircraft appeared to have made a vertical impact. The wreckage was distributed in roughly a 100-foot radius circle around the impact crater. The wingtip devices for horizontal orientation were found stuck vertically in the ground at the approximate points where the wing tips impacted. The aircraft was completely destroyed on impact. There were no witnesses of the actual impact. 2 people's names were provided with phone numbers. These individuals have not been contacted at this time. Two toxicology boxes were given to medical examiner ,manfred c. borges jr. m.d. Mr. Borges mentioned that he did not believe that there was enough remains to accurately obtain toxicology samples from the victims. Mr. Borges said that he had taken pictures also and would provide them. John w. lovell, from the national transportation safety board arrived on scene at approximately 1730 hours. Mr. Lovell reviewed the scene with collier county personnel and inspectors avery and schoonover. Mr. Lovell stated that he gave permission to disturb the aircraft wreckage to remove the bodies. Mr. Lovell requested that inspectors avery and schoonover obtain the following for his review: isis information on both pilots. Isis on aircraft. Photographs of scene. Radar data from fort myers. Copy of all business cards. Copy of site plan from inspector schoonover. Personell from air and sea crash recovery, inc. arrived on scene at approximately 1800 hours to remove the remains of the aircraft. Due to the pending darkness, Mr. Lovell did not releast the site for cleanup until Saturday, feb 1, 2003. The aircraft engine was disassembled on Saturday. No failure mode was observed.