# Accident 20050509010099A: Namer SNJ6, Haines City, FL, May 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2005, 15:58 local time
- Place: Haines City, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9817° N, 81.5067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9817&lon=-81.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N453WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N453WA-2010-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-6 (registry code 6400422, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,470 total, 1,778 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050509010099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KISSIMMEE (GATEWAY) AIRPORT (KISM) AT 1558 EDT ON MAY 09, 2005 FOR AN AEROBATIC INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT SOUTH OF THE KISSIMMEE AIRPORT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS A PROPERLY CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WHO POSSESSED A VALID CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. THE PILOT AND STUDENT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN, HOWEVER ORLANDO APPROACH CONTROL WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE AN ATC PLOT ON THE AIRCRAFT'S FLIGHT. THE ATC PLOT INDICATES THAT N453WA DEPARTED KISM AT 1558EDT AND CLIMBED TO 5000FT. THE AEROBATIC FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN 5,000FT AND 6000FT. THE LAST ATC PLOT WAS RECEIVED AT 16:16:41EDT. AT THIS TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 3800FT, HEADING 067 DEGREES AND THE GROUND SPEED WAS 99 KNOTS. THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ALMOST VERTICALLY. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND STUDENT WERE BOTH FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL05FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA079), May 9, 2005: North American SNJ-6 (N453WA), Kissimmee, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the outboard right-wing lower attachment bracket due to fatigue cracking and the subsequent in-flight separation of the right wing assembly.

## Other reports on N453WA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20011020039491A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020039491A), Oct 20, 2001: Namer SNJ6 (N453WA), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The propeller and cowling of SNJ-6, N453WA collided with the tail of Cessna CE-172-R, N64AF while taxiing at ism shortly after landing. The SNJ-6 had…

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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