# Accident 20080618840609A: AEROLITE103, Palmdale, CA, June 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2008, 08:31 local time
- Place: Palmdale, CA
- Airport: Brian Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5153° N, 117.7620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Brian Ranch Airport (CL13), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5153&lon=-117.7620&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROLITE103
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080618840609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS STATEMENT, THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVERS FROM THE WESTEND OF THE RUNWAY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION.  WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX 200 FT AGL.  WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD AIRCRAFTS ENGINE SPUTTER, AND THEN HE WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT CRASH.  AIRCRAFT LANDED NORTH OF THE BRIAN RANCH RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT LOST POWER UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES.  INITIAL IMPACT WAS TO THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE WHEEL.  AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED, THE FINAL RESTING POSITION WAS 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BACKSIDE WITH ITS TAIL FOLDED UP UNDERNEATH.  WINGS WERE POINTED DOWN, WITH THE AIRCRAFTS SEAT FACING UPWARDS.  NOSE WHEEL BENT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  SEAT BAR BENT, INDICATING A DOWN FORCE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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