What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
At 0900 local on Monday October 21, 2013 I received notification from my flm about an accident/incident that occurred on October 03, 2013 at the mid Florida (X55) airport near Eustis, FL. The reported mishap was at 0820 local by the lake county sherrifs office.
The aircraft was a weight shift control air trikes eagle registration number N927H. The airman stated that after he took off the aircraft lost power and then the engine stopped running. He proceeded to land the aircraft in a field. The pilot stated that the controls felt different because his instructor was not in the aircraft with him. He did not make the proper control inputs for landing and ended nose down in the ground, then bounced about twenty feet. Prior to privacy data omitted solo flight, privacy data omitted instructor flew with him on three successessful takeoffs? And landings.
The airman was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. He suffered a head injury and a tear in his small intestine. The aircraft appeared to sustain substaintial damage to the frame and landing gear. This was visible by the photos taken by the lake county sheriff?s office. The photos taken were forwarded to tim monville from the NTSB.
As the FAA filed it
AT 0900 LOCAL ON MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 2013 I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM MY FLM ABOUT AN ACCIDENT/INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 03, 2013 AT THE MID FLORIDA (X55) AIRPORT NEAR EUSTIS, FL. THE REPORTED MISHAP WAS AT 0820 LOCAL BY THE LAKE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS A WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROL AIR TRIKES EAGLE REGISTRATION NUMBER N927H. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT AFTER HE TOOK OFF THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. HE PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE CONTROLS FELT DIFFERENT BECAUSE HIS INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIM. HE DID NOT MAKE THE PROPER CONTROL INPUTS FOR LANDING AND ENDED NOSE DOWN IN THE GROUND, THEN BOUNCED ABOUT TWENTY FEET. PRIOR TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SOLO FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTOR FLEW WITH HIM ON THREE SUCCESSESSFUL TAKEOFFS? AND LANDINGS.
THE AIRMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AND A TEAR IN HIS SMALL INTESTINE. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SUSTAIN SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FRAME AND LANDING GEAR. THIS WAS VISIBLE BY THE PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF?S OFFICE. THE PHOTOS TAKEN WERE FORWARDED TO TIM MONVILLE FROM THE NTSB.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.