20050428009759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Skyranger · Bikeelia, FL · April 28, 2005

Date
April 28, 2005 · 19:00 local
Place
Bikeelia, FL
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Skyranger
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On Thursday, April 28, 2005 approx local time 1930 a sky ranger ultralight crashed at pine island airport in bokeelia, FL. The two men aboard the vehicle sustained fatal injuries. The pilot was identified as privacy data omitted and passenger as privacy data omitted the individuals had completed a fuel system purge and were conducting a functional flight when the vehicle's engine quit while on approach. The loss of power caused the vehicle to stall approximately 100 feet from the end of the runway at an altitude of approximately 100 feet. The vehicle impacted the ground in a nose low attitude, with evidence that it had spun to the left and sustained substantial damage due to impact with the earth.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 APPROX LOCAL TIME 1930 A SKY RANGER ULTRALIGHT CRASHED AT PINE ISLAND AIRPORT IN BOKEELIA, FL. THE TWO MEN ABOARD THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSENGER AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE INDIVIDUALS HAD COMPLETED A FUEL SYSTEM PURGE AND WERE CONDUCTING A FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE QUIT WHILE ON APPROACH. THE LOSS OF POWER CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. THE VEHICLE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, WITH EVIDENCE THAT IT HAD SPUN TO THE LEFT AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE EARTH.