# Accident 20090608008979A: Sorens LIGHTNING, Brevard, NC, June 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2009, 16:34 local time
- Place: Brevard, NC
- Airport: Transylvania County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2703° N, 82.6442° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2703&lon=-82.6442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N130DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N130DS-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sorenson Duane LIGHTNING (registry code 05901NX, https://openairdocs.org/model/sorenson-duane-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SORENS LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: AMTR JABIRU3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 259 total, 30 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA329) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090608008979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS, THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OFF BETWEEN 1330 AND 1430 ON JUNE 8, 2009.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SHARPLY LEFT TO RIGHT THEN WAS LOST BEHIND THE TREES.  A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  WITNESSES STATED THEY RAN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WAS INVERTED.  NO FIRE WAS NOTED.  WHEN INSPECTED, IT WAS NOTED, THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS PLACED IN THE LEFT TANK POSITION AND EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN LEFT TANK WAS PRESENT.  UPON IMPACT WITH TREES, THE RIGHT WING WAS SEPARTED FROM AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS EVIDENT FUEL NOTED FROM THE FOLIAGE WELTING.  ACCIDENT WAS FATAL BOTH OCCUPANTS.

## 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 ERA09LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA329), Jun 8, 2009: Sorenson Lightning (N130DS), Brevard, NC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Both pilots failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering after a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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