# Accident 20240419003369A: Groveland, FL, April 19, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2024, 13:30 local time
- Place: Groveland, FL
- Airport: Sheets
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5329° N, 81.8467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHEETS (FA42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5329&lon=-81.8467&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: BRP-ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240419003369A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT SHEETS AIRPORT (FA42) WITNESS REPORTED HEARING POPPING SOUND AS AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT CROSSWIND TO THE EAST, THEN SAW RIGHT WING HAD COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FALLING FROM APPROXIMATELY 2-300'. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500' FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 18. PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT AND FATALLY INJURED. NO DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERY ON THE GROUND.

INSPECTION OF WRECKAGE REVEALED BOLT CONNECTING WING SUPPORT TO FUSELAGE BOX WAS NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED. BOLT FAILED TO PASS THROUGH THE HOLE AT THE END OF THE WING SUPPORT AND THEREFORE THE WING SUPPORT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE BOLT WAS THREADED THROUGH THE FUSELAGE BOX AND TIGHTENED. NO DAMAGE TO BOLT OR END OF WING SUPPORT WHERE CONNECTION IS MADE NOTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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