# Accident 20070126001299A: Airbau CLASSIC, Sebring, FL, January 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4564° N, 81.3422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4564&lon=-81.3422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757LW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757LW-2007-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne Windsports Ltd PTY CLASSIC (registry code 05901CT, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsports-ltd-pty-classic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBAU CLASSIC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070126001299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N757LW MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, DUE TO THE WAKE TURBULENCE CREATED FROM A LANDING HAWKERJET, HS-125 (XA-UEH). INSTRUCTOR OF N757LW STATED THAT HE CHECKED THE PATTERN FOR TRAFFIC, MADE A RADIO CALL OF HIS INTENTIONS, THEN POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT ON RWY 36. THE INSTRUCTOR MENTIONED THAT THEY DID NOT TAKEOFF IMMEDIATELY, SINCE HE ALLOWED THE STUDENT A FEW MINUTES TO BECOME ORIENTATED WITH HIS PEDALS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 50-100 FEET THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT HE SAW THE INSIDE OF THE REAR OF THE JET AIRCRAFT ENGINES GLOW RED, AND WAS NOT SURE IF THE AIRCRAFT DID A TOUCH-AND-GO, OR IF THEY EXECUTED A GO AROUND. (A COMMENT WAS MADE ABOUT KNOWN RADIO PROBLEMS). ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT OF BEECHJET, N42AJ, WHO WAS PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE: THE HAWKER MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RWY 36, APPEARED TO LEVEL OFF AT ABOUT 100 FEET, THEN MADE A GO-AROUND; ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE HAWKER EXECUTED ANOTHER SECOND GO-AROUND AND LANDED ON RWY 32. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE ALSO HAS HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS HIMSELF AT SEF, AND THAT THE OPERATORS HAVE A BAD HABIT OF SITTING ON THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, AND THEIR RADIOS ARE UNREADABLE.

## 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 MIA07CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA044), Jan 26, 2007: Airborne Windsports Classic (N757LW), Sebring, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay on the runway prior to takeoff that resulted in an encounter with wake turbulence from a landing jet that had to perform a go-around.

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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