# Accident 20041113031099A: Amtr AQUILLA, Eustis, FL, November 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Eustis, FL
- Airport: Mid Florida Air Service Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8433° N, 81.6300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8433&lon=-81.6300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2011G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2011G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sirgo Joseph R AQUILLA (registry code 056112W, https://openairdocs.org/model/sirgo-joseph-r-aquilla) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AQUILLA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113031099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKEOFF, PASSENGER IN FRONT GRABBED CONTROL BAR AND PREVENTED PILOT FROM CLIMBING. PILOT COULD NOT OVERPOWER PAX INPUT, PAX INITIATED LEFT TURN, PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT TO RIGHT AT WHICH TIME PAX MADE RIGHT TURN CONTROL INPUT. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO TRY TO CLIMB OVER HANGERS BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID IMPACT. ON IMPACT, AIRCRAFT KNOCKED DOWN HANGER DOOR, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOEING A-75 N16CC INSIDE HANGER.

## 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 MIA05LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA029), Nov 13, 2004: Joseph R. Sirgo Aquilla (N2011G), Eustis, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The passenger's control interference, which resulted in a loss of control, and the airplane impacting a hangar during takeoff/initial climb.

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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