# Accident 20161227019459A: Independent Technologies Inc EPIC LT, Spruce Creek, FL, December 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2016, 17:56 local time
- Place: Spruce Creek, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0803° N, 81.0467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0803&lon=-81.0467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N669WR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N669WR-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Independent Technologies EPIC LT (registry code 05628K4, https://openairdocs.org/model/independent-technologies-epic-lt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGIES INC EPIC LT
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,635 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161227019459A

## Narrative

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

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)

## 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 ERA17FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA074), Dec 27, 2016: Independent Technologies Epic LT (N669WR), Port Orange, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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