# Accident 20180705009149A: Rempe William H Jr SX-300 SWEARINGEN, Port Orange, FL, July 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2018, 13:30 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0797° N, 81.0483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0797&lon=-81.0483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42SX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42SX-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rempe William H JR SX-300 SWEARINGEN (registry code 05618VJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/rempe-william-h-jr-sx-300-swearingen) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMPE WILLIAM H JR SX-300 SWEARINGEN
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 450 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180705009149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RATED PASSENGER STATED THEY WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 06 AT SPRUCE CREEK 7FL6 AND WHEN SEVERAL FEET ABOVE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND LANDED HARD BREAKING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT  ATTEMPTED  TO APPLY POWER TO GO AROUND OR SALVAGE THE LANDING BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO LEFT WING STRIKING THE GROUND.  AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RUNWAY STRIKING THE APPROACH LIGHTS, CONTINUED TO SLIDE, FLIPPED OVER AND CAUGHT FIRE. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNABLE TO EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE IN OPENING THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY.  BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE EXTRACTED FROM THE WREKAGE AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.  PILOT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND PASSED AWAY ONE WEEK LATER.

## 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 ERA18LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA184), Jul 5, 2018: Swearingen SX300 (N42SX), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack, experiencing an aerodynamic stall and hard landing, which resulted…

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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