# Accident 20220723013029A: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II, Merritt Island, FL, July 23, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2022, 18:54 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709CW-2023-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II (registry code 056286X, https://openairdocs.org/model/whitten-robinson-aventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHITTEN ROBINSON AVENTURA II
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 953 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220723013029A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 23, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:54 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT OF COMMAND OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A FIXED WING SINGLE ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT, LANDED HARD AND CAME TO A REST IN A FENCE ON A SERVICE ROAD, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN THE GRASS AREA BEFORE RUNWAY 11 AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT, FLORIDA. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VMC CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WITH THE WIND FROM APPROXIMATELY 130 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS AND THE VISIBILITY AT LEAST 10 STATUTE MILES.

## 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 ERA22LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA332), Jul 23, 2022: Whitten Robinson Aventura II (N709CW), Meritt Island, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during final approach to land, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, aerodynamic stall, and collision…

## Other reports on N709CW (2)

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

- [Incident 20171021020179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171021020179I), Oct 21, 2017: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II (N709CW), Rockledge, FL, No damage. On 10/21/2017 an aventura 2 made a gear up landing at the Rockledge, Florida airport. When interviewed the pilot stated that while inflight the gear would not…
- [Incident 20160322002049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160322002049I), Mar 22, 2016: Whitten Robinson AVENTURA II (N709CW), Rockledge, FL, No damage. On 22 March 2016, an adventura ii, N709CW, suffered an inflight engine failure on take-off, departing Rockledge airpark, runway 36 to Rockledge airpark heading…

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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