# NTSB ATL97LA023: Pereyra Aventura II, N32913, Rockledge, FL, December 9, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 1996, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Rockledge, FL
- Coordinates: 28.309537, -80.719413 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3095&lon=-80.7194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1997
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL97LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3811/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA023

## Probable cause

The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, emergency landing after takeoff
- In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency landing after takeoff

## Analysis

Before takeoff, the pilot completed a preflight inspection and engine runup, and reported that all systems were normal. As the airplane climbed through 400 feet, following the takeoff, the engine lost power. When attempts by the pilot to restart the engine failed, he selected a forced landing area for an emergency landing. During the landing roll to a road, the pilot realized that he could not negotiate a turn in the road and elected to continue into a rock quarry below the level of the road surface. The examination of the airplane and the two stroke engine assembly at the accident site failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The examination confirmed that all engine accessories and sub-systems were capable of normal operation.

## Factual narrative

On December 9, 1996, at 1130 eastern standard time, a Pereyra Aventura II, N32913, collided with the ground during an attempted emergency landing near Rockledge, Florida. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The experimental airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot received minor injuries, and the passenger was not injured. The flight departed a private airstrip near Rockledge, Florida, at 1035.

Before takeoff, the pilot completed a preflight inspection and an engine runup, and reported that all systems were normal. He further stated that, as the airplane climbed through 400 feet, following the takeoff, the engine lost power. After attempts by the pilot to restart the engine failed, he selected a paved road for the forced landing area. During the landing roll the pilot realized that he could not negotiate a turn in the road. At this point, he elected to continue the landing roll out off the road into an adjacent rock quarry below the level of the road surface.

The examination of the airplane and the two stroke engine assembly at the accident site failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The examination confirmed that all engine accessories and sub-systems were capable of normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N32913](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32913-2002-01-18), registration cancelled 2002-01-18, S/N 1, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Pereyra AVENTURA II (AVENTURA I)
- Registry model: [Pereyra Arnet AVENTURA II](https://openairdocs.org/model/pereyra-arnet-aventura-ii) (registry code 05630HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: AP2A0001
- Airframe hours: 363
- Engines: Rotax 582 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jose Castiglione
- Registered owner: Arnet Pereyra
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 23, 1996, 133 hours before
- Departed: NONE
- Airport: X65, Rockledge, runway 36, 2,100 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,494 total, 309 in this make and model, 4,489 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLB, 35 nm away

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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