# NTSB ANC06LA102: Liberty XL2, N520XL, Ormond Beach, FL, July 31, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 31, 2006, 09:10 local (13:10 UTC) - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.300277, -81.108055 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3003&lon=-81.1081&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Orlando Florida FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 64246 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06LA102 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64246/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA102 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain minimum airspeed during the subsequent aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and impact with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was the inadvertent stall. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting his second supervised solo flight within the airport traffic pattern under Title 14, CFR Part 91, and was being observed by his flight instructor. The instructor reported that the airplane bounced hard on landing, and that he heard the student apply power to abort the landing. He said the airplane pitched up sharply, rolled to the left, and impacted the ground. The instructor had flown with the student in the accident airplane prior to the solo accident flight, and reported that there were no known mechanical issues with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative On July 31, 2006, about 0910 Alaska daylight time, a Liberty XL2 airplane, N520XL, sustained substantial damage during an in-flight collision with terrain, following a hard landing, and loss of control at the Ormond Beach Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida. The airplane was being operated by the student pilot as a supervised solo instructional flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo student pilot received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on August 2, the director of operations for the flight school said the flight instructor told him he completed a training flight with the student, and exited the airplane. He said the instructor told the student to take the airplane around the pattern solo. According to the director of operations, the instructor pilot said on the second supervised solo flight around the pattern, the student landed hard, and the airplane bounced twice. The instructor told him he heard the student apply full power in an attempt to abort the landing after the second bounce. He said the instructor reported that the airplane started a steep climb, rolled to the left, descended, and impacted the ground. The director of operations said the airplane sustained structural damage to both wings and the fuselage. In a written report to the NTSB prepared by the head of training for the operator, dated August 3, the head of training reiterated the earlier statements made by the instructor. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N520XL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N520XL-2017-05-31), registration cancelled 2017-05-31, S/N 0015, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Liberty XL2 - Registry model: [Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (registry code 5200000) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-240-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (registry code 17177, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0015 - Airframe hours: 208 - Engines: Continental IOF 240 B4 125 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Ormand Beach Aviation, Inc., doing business as Ormand Beach Aviation, Inc. - Registered owner: Laft Asset Management, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2006 - Departed: OMN, Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: OMN, Ormand Beach Municipal airport, runway 35, 3,701 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 54; injuries: serious; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 26 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: KOMN ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20060731017079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060731017079A), Jul 31, 2006: Amtr LIBERTYXL2, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot on 2nd solo attempted landing on rwy 35 landed hard and went off runway. From the NTSB's public API. 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