# Accident 20070819832299A: Librty LIBERTYXL2, Ormond Beach, FL, August 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2007, 12:12 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3036° N, 81.1136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3036&lon=-81.1136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550XL-2015-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IOF-240-B (registry code 17168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-iof-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIBRTY LIBERTYXL2
- Reported engine: CONT IOF240B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 10 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070819832299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 19, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1211 EDT, A LIBERTY XL-2, N550XL, OPERATED BY ORMOND BEACH AVIATION AND PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (SOLO) WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 26 AT ORMOND BEAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OMN) ORMOND BEACH, FL.  AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN FOR A LANDING THE PILOT DECIDED TO TAKEOFF INSTEAD OF COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.  AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CLIMB IT STALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT LEFT WING TIP AND ROTATING TO HIT AGAIN ON THE PROPELLER COMING TO REST RIGHT SIDE UP.  A POST ACCIDENT FIRE STARTED WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT WAS BURNED AS HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER HIS OWN POWER.  VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC07FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA196), Aug 19, 2007: Liberty Aerospace XL2 (N550XL), Ormond Beach, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an attempted go-around.

## Other reports on N550XL (1)

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

- [Incident 20070221004409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070221004409I), Feb 21, 2007: Amtr LIBERTYXL2 (N550XL), Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On Wednesday 21 feb 2007 at approximately 1100L, N550XL, a liberty XL2 single-engine land airplane operated by Ormond Beach aviation, suffered minor…

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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