# Accident 20190425010899A: Tl Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT, Madera, CA, April 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2019, 12:56 local time
- Place: Madera, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9981° N, 120.1264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9981&lon=-120.1264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N797N-2019-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: TL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT (registry code 060001R, https://openairdocs.org/model/tl-ultralight-sro-stingsport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TL ULTRALIGHT SRO STINGSPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 14 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190425010899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY ½ MILES NORTHWEST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 12 AT MADERA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MAE), MADERA, CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND BOTH OCCUPANTS (CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT) IN THE AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 WPR19FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA121), Apr 25, 2019: TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport (N797N), Madera, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the simulated engine failure on initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of…

## Other reports on N797N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070417009769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070417009769I), Apr 17, 2007: Tlultr STINGSPORT (N797N), Payson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On 4/17/07, private pilot [privacy data omitted] was landing N797N at Payson (pan) airport. Upon landing the nosewheel broke off and the wooden propeller…

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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