# Accident 20090825048619A: Sportflight ASTRA HKS, Bloomfield, IN, August 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2009, 18:15 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, IN
- Airport: Shawnee Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0444° N, 87.0056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0444&lon=-87.0056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N940Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N940Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sportflight International ASTRA HKS (registry code 05901H4, https://openairdocs.org/model/sportflight-international-astra-hks) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPORTFLIGHT ASTRA HKS
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 180 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA543) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825048619A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N940Z, A SPORTFLIGHT INTL LLC ASTRA, WAS FOUND TO BE DESTROYED UPON IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET SOUTH OF RUNWAY 18/36 AT SHAWNEE FIELD IN BLOOMFIELD, IN. THE PILOT AND ONE (1) PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ENGINE, WING STRUCTURE, LANDING GEAR, SEATS, INSTRUMENT PANEL AND BALLISTIC PARACHUTE IN ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED AREA OF APPROXIMATELY A 15 FOOT AREA. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FRAME. TWO OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE FOUND SOME DISTANCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE.  THE THIRD PROPELLER BLADE WAS NOT LOCATED DUE TO HEAVY SOYBEAN CROP GROWTH. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SHAWNEE FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BASED.

## 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 CEN09LA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA543), Aug 25, 2009: Sportflight International Astra HKS (N940Z), Bloomfield, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while maneuvering.

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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