# NTSB ATL06CA095: Fantasy Air Allegro 2000, N5024J, Sanford, NC, June 20, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 20, 2006, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Coordinates: 35.584999, -79.105003
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5850&lon=-79.1050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Greensboro FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA095

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

According to the student pilot, during touchdown the airplane bounced twice. He attempted to add full power to go-around, but the left wing impacted the ground, and the airplane spun around 180-degrees. The student pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On June 20, 2006, at 1430 eastern daylight time, an Allegro 2000, light sport airplane, N5024J, registered to and operated by B Bar D Aviation, Inc., as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, collided with runway 21, during touchdown at the Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport, Sanford, North Carolina. The airplane received substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Siler City Municipal Airport, Siler City, North Carolina, on June 20, 2006, at 1320.

According to the student pilot, during touchdown the airplane bounced twice. He attempted to add full power to go-around, the left wing impacted the ground, and the airplane spun around 180-degrees. There were no mechanical problems reported by the student pilot.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5024J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5024J), registered now, S/N 05-215, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Fantasy Air Allegro 2000
- Registry model: [Fantasy Air Sro ALLEGRO 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/fantasy-air-sro-allegro-2000) (registry code 0600005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (registry code 55569, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 05-215
- Airframe hours: 264
- Engines: Rotax 912 ULS 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gerald Frank Chamberlain
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, May 1, 2006, 264 hours before
- Departed: 5W8, Siler City, NC
- Destination: TTA, Sanford, NC
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: TTA, Sanford-Lee County Regional, runway 21, 6,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 66; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: TTA

## 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 20060620014129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060620014129A), Jun 20, 2006: Fantas ALLEGRO2000, Sanford, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot (a student pilot with solo endorsement) set up for landing at Sanford-lee county airport (tta). On final approach for the airport the pilot…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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