# Accident 20110506007509A: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Brooksville, FL, May 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2011, 23:00 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4681° N, 82.4850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4681&lon=-82.4850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N420PS-2011-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110506007509A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 7, 2011, ABOUT 1135 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER SPORT, N420PS, CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A WOODED AREA ADJACENT TO ANDERSON SNOW ROAD IN HERNANDO COUNTY, FL. THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE REMAINS WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF MILE FROM THE CRASH SITE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY CONSUMED BY POST-CRASH FIRE. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KRSW), FORT MYERS, FLORIDA.

## 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 ERA11FA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA287), May 7, 2011: Czech Sport Piper Sport (N420PS), Spring Hill, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent application of control inputs that resulted in rapid, right-rolling, negative g-forces during night cruise flight and his subsequent ejection from the airplane. Contributing…

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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