# Accident 20220824015009A: Mxr Technologies MX2, Osteen, FL, August 24, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2022, 16:39 local time
- Place: Osteen, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9215° N, 81.0645° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9215&lon=-81.0645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263MX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N263MX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MXR Technologies MX2 (registry code 05619EF, https://openairdocs.org/model/mxr-technologies-mx2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MXR TECHNOLOGIES MX2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,342 total, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220824015009A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 24, 2022, AT 1639 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMATEUR BUILT MXR TECHNOLOGIES MX2, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN OSTEEN, FLORIDA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND FOREIGN NATIONAL PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS AN AEROBATIC INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM THE SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT (7FL6), DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, AT 1632.

ACCORDING TO OPSVUE TRACK DATA, THE TRAINING FLIGHT DEPARTED 7FL6, FLEW SOUTH, AND BEGAN MANEUVERING EAST OF LAKE ASHBY BETWEEN 2,000 TO 5,000 FT MSL. THE LAST DATA POINTS SHOWED THE AIRPLANE AT 2,775 FT MSL HEADING 176° AT 17 KTS GROUNDSPEED AND THEN AT 2,738 FT HEADING 068° AT 15 KTS GROUNDSPEED.

THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH A RATING FOR AIRPLANE SINGLE-ENGINE LAND. THE PILOT ALSO HELD REMOTE PILOT AND MECHANIC CERTIFICATES. HIS MOST RECENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) 2ND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED JUNE 2, 2021, WITH THE LIMITATION, “NOT VALID FOR FLIGHTS REQUIRING COLOR SIGNAL CONTROL DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.” THE PILOT REPORTED CIVIL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDED 1,342 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS, AND 38 HOURS IN LAST SIX MONTHS AT HIS MOST RECENT EXAM

## 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 ERA22FA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA384), Aug 24, 2022: MXR Technologies MX2 (N263MX), Osteen, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control while performing aerobatic maneuvers, which resulted in the airplane entering an inverted flat spin that continued until the airplane impacted terrain.

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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