- Date
- August 23, 2019, 19:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan del Puerto, Spain
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- EC-YTACapella XS
- Defining event
- Unknown: Part(s) separation from AC
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100152
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 23, 2019, about 1905 hours universal coordinated time, an amateur-built Capella XS airplane, Spanish registration EC-YTA, impacted terrain after an inflight separation of a wing near San Juan del Puerto, Spain. The pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC). This report is for informational purposes and contains only information provided by the government of Spain. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil Ministerio de Fomento C/Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid Spain Telephone: (34) 91 597 89 00 E-mail: ciaiac@fomento.es Fax: (34) 91 463 55 35 Website: http://www.ciaiac.es
Aircraft
- Registration
- EC-YTA
- Reported as
- Capella XS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Equipment
- Unknown