# Accident 20190814016749A: Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000, Boone, NC, August 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2019, 08:45 local time
- Place: Boone, NC
- Airport: Private Grass Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2736° N, 81.5778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2736&lon=-81.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5020X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5020X-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000 (registry code 0600005, https://openairdocs.org/model/fantasy-air-sro-allegro-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FANTASY AIR SRO ALLEGRO 2000
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814016749A

## Narrative

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

PTRS # 201903567

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES (LH WING SUSTAINED TREE IMPACT MARKERS APPROX. 3 FT FROM WING TIP) AND THE GROUND AT THE PILOT'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY A POSTCRASH FIRE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. DEPARTURE TIME, DIRECTION, FLIGHT PATH, LANDING PATH WERE NOT DETERMINED.  THE PILOT INFORMED A TROOPER WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL CARE THAT HE WAS "CIRCLING TO LAND AND THE ENGINE BOGGED DOWN."  A WITNESS ALSO REPORTED TO THE TROOPER SEEING THE AIRPLANE CIRCLING, THEN HEARD A LOUD "BOOM" SOUND. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT 360 FT NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE EASTERN EDGE

OF THE GRASS RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA19LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA247), Aug 14, 2019: Fantasy Air Allegro (N5020X), Boone, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The reported total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

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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