20240925016039A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Evolution REVO · Zephyrhills, FL · September 25, 2024

Date
September 25, 2024 · 07:06 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N889HT
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24FA395
Reported as
Evolution Revo
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Flight instructor, private pilot

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.

privacy data omitted Took off from zph around 0700 with privacy data omitted/CFI and a non-certificated student on board. Aircraft was north bound when it came straight down and crashed into a field approximately 1 mile northeast from the end of runway 5. The crash resulted in an explosion and fire. There were no survivors.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM ZPH AROUND 0700 WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/CFI AND A NON-CERTIFICATED STUDENT ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT WAS NORTH BOUND WHEN IT CAME STRAIGHT DOWN AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHEAST FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 5. THE CRASH RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.

NTSB investigation

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