# Accident 20120705012179A: Tl Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT, Piru, CA, July 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2012, 13:24 local time
- Place: Piru, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4075° N, 118.7544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4075&lon=-118.7544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177N-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: TL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT (registry code 060001R, https://openairdocs.org/model/tl-ultralight-sro-stingsport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TL ULTRALIGHT SRO STINGSPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12FA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120705012179A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 5, 2012, AT APROXIMATELY 1300L, N177N A TL ULTRALIGHT CORP. STING SPORT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KWHP.  SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT REQUESTED FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH SOCAL TRACON AND A BEACON CODE WAS ASSIGNED.  THE AIRCRAFT PROCEDED DIRECTLY TO THE COORDINATES ABOVE WHERE IT STATED TO SOCAL IT WAS ON A POST MAINTENANCE FLIGHT AND DOING AIR WORK. WHILE DOING AIR WORK, WITNESSES WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT DO AN ABRUPT NOSE UP MANEUVER FOLLOWED BY A SPIN TO THE GROUND. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE WRECKAGE AND IMPACT SIGNATURE WITH THE GROUND WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE WITNESSES' DESCRIPTIONS.

## 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 WPR12FA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA295), Jul 5, 2012: TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport (N177N), Piru, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recover from a stall, which resulted in a spin. Contributing to the accident was the instructor’s inadequate remedial action.

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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