# Accident 20110831022819A: Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000, Stonington, ME, August 31, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Stonington, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1706° N, 68.6747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1706&lon=-68.6747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90650, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90650-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000 (registry code 0600005, https://openairdocs.org/model/fantasy-air-sro-allegro-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FANTASY AIR SRO ALLEGRO 2000
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 124 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA517](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA517) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110831022819A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 31, 2011, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SOME TURBULANCE AFTER DEPARTING BAR HARBOR MAINE AIRPORT (BHB) ENROUTE TO STONINGTON MAINE AIRPORT (93B). THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 07 WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED A WIND SHIFT THAT SEEMED TO FAVOR RUNWAY 25. THE PILOT DECIDED RUNWAY 25 WAS HIS BEST APPROACH FOR LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. HE PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 BUT EXPERIENCED STRONG WINDS FROM THE RIGHT (WEST) BUT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT ON RUNWAY 25. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING.

## 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 ERA11CA517](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA517), Aug 31, 2011: Fantasy Air Sro Allegro 2000 (N90650), Stonington, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing during crosswind conditions.

## Other reports on N90650 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140323004189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140323004189A), Mar 23, 2014: Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000 (N90650), Kill Devil Hill, NC, Destroyed. On 03/23/2014 N90650 a Fantasy air allegro 2000 piloted by [privacy data omitted] along with passenger [privacy data omitted] were traveling from raleigh exec…

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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