20230804015379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Jamros Robert L JR CHALLENGER II · Port Orange, FL · August 4, 2023

Date
August 4, 2023 · 11:30 local
Place
Port Orange, FL
Airport
Spruce Creek
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N906WV
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA324
Reported as
Jamros Robert L JR Challenger II
Reported engine
ROTAX 582UL-99
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,334 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.

Aircraft departed (7FL6) after arriving from (kded) with no reported problems and on climb at approxiametly 950 feet AGL the engine lost power with no apparnt indications or warnings. Pilot reported three restarts were attempted with no success, and then glided into a heavily wooded area. The aircraft contacted the trees and landed inverted on the front lawn at privacy data omitted. The pilot sustained serious injuries and was hospitialized. The passenger received only minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (7FL6) AFTER ARRIVING FROM (KDED) WITH NO REPORTED PROBLEMS AND ON CLIMB AT APPROXIAMETLY 950 FEET AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITH NO APPARNT INDICATIONS OR WARNINGS. PILOT REPORTED THREE RESTARTS WERE ATTEMPTED WITH NO SUCCESS, AND THEN GLIDED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TREES AND LANDED INVERTED ON THE FRONT LAWN AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITIALIZED. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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