# Accident 20110729015529A: Tl Ultralight Sro STING S3, Sarasota, FL, July 29, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2011, 12:47 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2906° N, 82.3425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2906&lon=-82.3425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2442, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2442-2012-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: TL Ultralight Sro STING S3 (registry code 060005G, https://openairdocs.org/model/tl-ultralight-sro-sting-s3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TL ULTRALIGHT SRO STING S3
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 15 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729015529A

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS  AN AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT FLIGHT.  THE "STUDENT" (PRIVATE PILOT) WAS PRACTICING A POWER OFF STALL WHEN THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A SPIN. THE ENGINE FAILED DURING THE RAPID DESCENT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE SPIN RECOVERY ATTEMPT.  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE CANOPY OF A LARGE OAK TREE BEFORE COMING TO REST AT THE BASE OF THE OAK TREE.THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE, HOWEVER DUE TO ONE OF HIS FEET BEING SEVERELY INJURED LAID ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE AIRPLANE FOR PARAMEDICS.  THE STUDENT SUFFERED TWO BROKEN FEMUR BONE FRACTURES AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM THE AIRPLANE.BOTH PILOTS WERE AIRLIFTED BY HELICOPTER TO BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER IN ST. PETERSBURG FOR TREATMENT.NOTE THAT THIS AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A PARACHUTE RECOVERY SYSTEM THAT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOT ONLY DID NOT DEPLOY, HE DID NOT ARM THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TAXI CHECKLIST.

## 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 ERA11LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA427), Jul 29, 2011: TL Ultralight Sro Sting S3 (N2442), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inability of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to recover from an inadvertent spin following a stall demonstration for reasons that could not be determined because aircraft and engine examinations did…

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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