# Accident 20090125004319A: Remosa REMOSGX, Sebring, FL, January 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2009, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4539° N, 81.3444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4539&lon=-81.3444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9GX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9GX-2009-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (registry code 060006H, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOSA REMOSGX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090125004319A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THIS WAS TO BE THE A PHOTO SHOOT FOR REMOS AIRCRAFT INVOLVING TWO AIRCRAFT.  BOTH AIRCRAFT INVOLVING TWO AIRCRAFT.  BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD THEIR LEFT WINGS FOLDED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND THE PILOTS ASSISTED EACH OTHER WITH UNFOLDING THE WINGS FOR FLIGHT AS IS THEIR NORMAL ROUTINE.  BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM INTERSECTION A3 ON RUNWAY 18 WITH N9GX THE FIRST AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT OF THE SECOND AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 9GX TAKE OFF AND ENTER A HARD RIGHT BANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 FT WHILE CONTINUING THE RIGHT TURN MAKING  A 270 DEGREE TURN FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING AND DESCENDED STRIKING THE GROUND RIGHT WING FIRST IN APPROXIMATELY AN 85 DEGREE RIGHT BANK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATES THE LEFT AILERON QUICK DISCONNECT WAS NOT CONNECTED.

## 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 ERA09FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA141), Jan 25, 2009: Remos Remos GX (N9GX), Sebring, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight assembly and inspection which resulted in the pushrod connection to the left aileron not being connected, which led to a subsequent inflight loss of control and…

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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