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FAA accident report · Quad City Ultralights CHALLENGER II · Morriston, FL · August 30, 2012

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Date
August 30, 2012 · 16:12 local
Place
Morriston, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2481P
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA537
Reported as
Quad City Ultralights Challenger II
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total15 in this make and model
N2481PRegistration cancelled Jan 2, 2018 · Quad City Ultralights CHALLENGER IIS/N CH20192-0779B · Built 1992Airframe modelQuad City Ultralights CHALLENGER IIEngine modelRotax 503 series2 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A Quad City Ultralights Challenger II, registered to and operated by a private individual, crashed in a field surrounded by trees near ocala, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 personal flight from Morriston, Florida, to leeward air ranch airport (FD04), ocala/belleview, Florida. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the private pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from Morriston, Florida, about 7 minutes earlier. There were no known witnesses to the accident. Inspection of the accident site revealed a debris path of airplane parts oriented on a southeasterly heading, consistent with a flight towards the destination airport. The main wreckage came to rest nearly inverted in a field with a 3 foot section of the right wing separated; the separated right wing piece was located about 370 feet from the resting spot of the main wreckage. There was no evidence of tree contact on the leading edge of the right wing, nor on any of the observed components. The wreckage was recovered for further examination.

As the FAA filed it

A QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHTS CHALLENGER II, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, CRASHED IN A FIELD SURROUNDED BY TREES NEAR OCALA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM MORRISTON, FLORIDA, TO LEEWARD AIR RANCH AIRPORT (FD04), OCALA/BELLEVIEW, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MORRISTON, FLORIDA, ABOUT 7 MINUTES EARLIER.THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED A DEBRIS PATH OF AIRPLANE PARTS ORIENTED ON A SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING, CONSISTENT WITH A FLIGHT TOWARDS THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST NEARLY INVERTED IN A FIELD WITH A 3 FOOT SECTION OF THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED; THE SEPARATED RIGHT WING PIECE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 370 FEET FROM THE RESTING SPOT OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TREE CONTACT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, NOR ON ANY OF THE OBSERVED COMPONENTS. THE WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA12LA537Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportOcala, FLThe pilot's inadvertent overstress of the airplane, which resulted in the in-flight separation of the outer section of the right wing.Aug 30, 2012 · Substantial damage