20230424008439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Lambert Franklin D THATCHER CX4 · West Palm Beach, FL · April 24, 2023

Date
April 24, 2023 · 10:30 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7555X
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA206
Reported as
Lambert Franklin D Thatcher CX4
Reported engine
Volkswagen CONVERSION
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,430 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Part 91 operation thatcher CX4 experimental aircraft registrationprivacy data omitted, serial number 162 privacy data omitted. Aircraftprivacy data omitted preformed emergency landing at privacy data omitted golf club, impacting three Palm trees, destroying aircraft and pilot sustaining serous injuries. The pilot taken by ambulance to privacy data omitted hospital and was listed in critical condition.

As the FAA filed it

PART 91 OPERATION THATCHER CX4 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER 162 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PREFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GOLF CLUB, IMPACTING THREE PALM TREES, DESTROYING AIRCRAFT AND PILOT SUSTAINING SEROUS INJURIES. THE PILOT TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOSPITAL AND WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.