20161227019459A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Independent Technologies EPIC LT · Spruce Creek, FL · December 27, 2016

Date: December 27, 2016 · 17:56 local
Place: Spruce Creek, FL
Airport: Spruce Creek Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N669WR
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA17FA074
Reported as: Independent Technologies Epic LT
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,635 total

N669WRRegistration cancelled Mar 29, 2018 · Independent Technologies EPIC LTS/N 029 · Built 2009 Airframe modelIndependent Technologies EPIC LT Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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On December 27, 2016 at approximately 1756 (EST) a 2009 Independent Technologies Inc. Epic Lt (experimental amateur built aircraft) N669WR, s/n 029 piloted by daryl e. ingalsbe was on final approach into Spruce Creek Airport (7FL6) when the aircraft experienced a stall/inverted dive and flew into the ground. Instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft was destroyed and both the pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated at millington regional jetport airport (knqa) at approximately 1458 (CST)

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 27, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1756 (EST) A 2009 INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. EPIC LT (EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT) N669WR, S/N 029 PILOTED BY DARYL E. INGALSBE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH INTO SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT (7FL6) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A STALL/INVERTED DIVE AND FLEW INTO THE GROUND. INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MILLINGTON REGIONAL JETPORT AIRPORT (KNQA) AT APPROXIMATELY 1458 (CST)

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 ERA17FA074Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPort Orange, FLThe pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to fly a stabilized approach…Dec 27, 2016 · Substantial damage