# Accident 20050605011779A: ALLEGRO2000, Newton Grove, NC, June 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Newton Grove, NC
- Airport: Massengill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3994° N, 79.1281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3994&lon=-79.1281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43536, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43536) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000 (registry code 0600005, https://openairdocs.org/model/fantasy-air-sro-allegro-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALLEGRO2000
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605011779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PERFORMED ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION ON SUBJECT AIRCRAFT AND AIRMAN. FOUND AIRCRAFT TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO L/S WING, NLG, RUDDER, COWLING, AND R/S FUSELAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PIC HE BOUNCED HARD 3X BEFORE THE L/S MLG BROKE OFF CAUSING HIM TO VEER OFF THE L/S OF RWY 31 AND IMPACT A SMALL TREE. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT APPROACH PIC MADE 3 SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS. AFTER FURTHER QUESTIONING OF THE PIC HE INDICATED THAT HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW SPORT PILOT RULE WAS THAT A BFR AND MEDICAL WERE NOT REQUIRED. I INFORMED HIM THAT THE BFR WAS INDEED REQUIRED AND THAT HE WAS IN VIOLATION OF CFR 61.56 BY OPERATING THE SPECIAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT WITHOUT A BFR.

## 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 ATL05CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA093), Jun 5, 2005: Allegro 2000 (N43536), Leasburg, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a hard landing, and the subsequent on ground collision with trees.

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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