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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Denzil Velarde MTO SPORT · Tavernier, FL · March 24, 2024

Date
March 24, 2024 · 14:10 local
Place
Tavernier, FL
Airport
Tavernaero Park Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N291AG
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA153
Reported as
Denzil Velarde MTO Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 914UL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
429 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 experimental operating amateur built aircraft registration privacy data omitted, serial number M01280 with one pilot and one passenger on board attempting to taking off from Tavernaero Park Airport (pvt field) FA81 runway 026 crashed at the end of runway 026 into a concrete retaining wall. Both pilot and passenger sustain minor injuries, aircraft destroyed. privacy data omitted Is registered to privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

PART 91 EXPERIMENTAL OPERATING AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER M01280 WITH ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD ATTEMPTING TO TAKING OFF FROM TAVERNAERO PARK AIRPORT (PVT FIELD) FA81 RUNWAY 026 CRASHED AT THE END OF RUNWAY 026 INTO A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES, AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NTSB investigation

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