# Accident 20211113020489A: Sebring, FL, November 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2021, 10:49 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 27.4729° N, 81.4468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sebring, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4729&lon=-81.4468&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211113020489A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 13, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1049 LOCAL (1549Z) THE PILOT OF A TWO SEAT MAX AIR DRIFTER ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE SEBRING INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY IN SEBRING, FLORIDA.

VIDEO OF THE EVENT SHOWS THAT THE PILOT WAS FLYING CLOSE TO THE GROUND.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN IT APPEARED TO HIM THAT THERE WERE OBSTACLES (INCLUDING PEOPLE) INFRONT OF HIM ALONG HIS FLIGHT PATH HE INITIATED, AS SHOWN ON THE VIDEO, A GO-AROUND LIKE MANUEVER WITH A LEFT TURN.

THE PILOT STATED HE ADDED A LOT OF POWER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PITCH UP SUDDENLY.  THE PILOT DID NOT CORRECT FOR THE YAW AND SUDDEN PITCH CHANGES WHICH PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A STALL/SPIN CLOSE TO THE GROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING LOW/NOSE LOW CONDITION.

THE PILOT WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT (TANDOM SEATING).  THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND HE WAS THROWN FORWARD OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING HIM A SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS ARM.

BEING AN AIRCRAFT WITH TWO SEATS AND 2 5 GALLON FUEL TANKS IT SHOULD HAVE HAD A REGITRATION NUMBER ACCORDING TO 14 CFR PART 103.  THEREFORE THE PILOT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CERTIFICATED BUT WAS NOT AND HAD NO FORMALTRAINING BEFORE THIS FLIGHT.

THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS A PILOT INDUCED ERROR THAT CAUSED A STALL/SPIN ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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