# Accident 20191026020449A: Alexander Rolinski AVENTURA II S17, Tavares, FL, October 26, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2019, 11:10 local time
- Place: Tavares, FL
- Airport: Lake Dora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8006° N, 81.7278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8006&lon=-81.7278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N170AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alexander Rolinski AVENTURA II S17 (registry code 05637IE, https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-rolinski-aventura-ii-s17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeromoment AM15 series (registry code 00452, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeromoment-am15-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALEXANDER ROLINSKI AVENTURA II S17
- Reported engine: AEROMOMENT AM15 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191026020449A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A TOUCH DOWN AND HIT A WAKE OR WAVE THAT PROPELLED THE PLANE BACK INTO THE AIR.

PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AND APPLIED FULL POWER.

A GUST PICKED UP THE UPWIND WING. PILOT PUSHED STICK TO THE RIGHT WHICH INDUCED ADVERSE YAW TO THE LEFT. THE COMBINATION OF WIND GUST FROM THE RIGHT AND ADVERSE YAW TO THE LEFT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE WATER. THE PLANE FOLLOWED THE WING INTO THE WATER.

THE THROTTLE WAS CLOSED. THE SWITCHES WERE SHUT OFF. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER LEFT THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE. THE DOOR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.

DAMAGE:

SUBSTANTIAL OVERALL PLANE DAMAGE.

ENGINE AND AVIONIC DAMAGE FROM PROLONGED SUBMERSION.

## 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 GAA20CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA051), Oct 26, 2019: Pereyra Aventura (N170AV), Tavares, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing on water, and his failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

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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