# Accident 20080718855119A: Sptflt TALONXP, Inverness, FL, July 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8064° N, 82.3178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8064&lon=-82.3178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1856P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1856P-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sport Flight TALON XP (registry code 0590370, https://openairdocs.org/model/sport-flight-talon-xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPTFLT TALONXP
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,521 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080718855119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 18, 2008, AT 1015 A TALON XP SPORT N1856P, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED INVERNESS, FL AIRPORT IDENTIFIER X40.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A CFI AND WAS GIVING TRAINING, HE STATED THE TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 600 FT WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER, HE TOOK THE CONTROLS BACK AND MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND HIT THE TREES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.  NOTE; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE RATINGS ARE FOR A SPORT PILOT.

## 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 SEA08LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA162), Jul 18, 2008: Sport Flight Talon XP (N1856P), Inverness, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The lower rod bearing failed due to corrosion.

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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