# Accident 20170808012819A: Pegasus QUANTUM, Fort Atkinson, WI, August 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2017, 20:00 local time
- Place: Fort Atkinson, WI
- Airport: Fort Atkinson Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9678° N, 88.8097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9678&lon=-88.8097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56092, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56092-2019-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pegasus QUANTUM (registry code 059032C, https://openairdocs.org/model/pegasus-quantum) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PEGASUS QUANTUM
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 193 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170808012819A

## Narrative

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

TUESDAY AUGUST 8, 2017 AT 2005 LOCAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT WEIGHT SHIFT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N56092 IMPACTED INTO THE ROCK RIVER 300 YARDS EAST OF RUNWAY 21 APPROACH AT FORT ATKINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (61C) IN FORT ATKINSON WISCONSIN. THERE WAS A PILOT AND A PASSENGER ON BOARD WHICH BOTH SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WIND 225 @ 3MPH TO CALM 10 MILE VIS. 72F.

## 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 CEN17LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA307), Aug 9, 2017: Pegasus Quantum (N56092), Fort Atkinson, WI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around, which resulted in impact with water. Contributing to the accident was the non-instructor sport pilot's decision to allow…

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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