- Date
- June 17, 2021, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- DeLand, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N966WWare Jerry L Aventura II
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210617007859I
- Case key
- 103282
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Probable cause
A landing gear collapse after the airplane struck a hole during an off-runway precautionary landing.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
As soon as the pilot lifted from the runway during the takeoff he thought he encountered windshear or a crosswind and the airplane “stopped climbing.” He decided to land in the grass off of the runway, and after touchdown during the landing roll, the airplane contacted a hole in the ground. The left main landing gear separated from the fuselage and the left wing contacted the ground, which substantially damaged it. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N966W
- Reported as
- Ware Jerry L Aventura II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA2A0136
- Built
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 96
- Engine
- Rotax 914UL, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 1, 2021
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- DED · Deland Muni-Sidney H Taylor Fld, runway 23, 4,301 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Last flight review
- November 14, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 235 in this make and model · 191 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Icing
- Clear
- Observed at
- DED
- METAR
- KDED 171235Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3003 RMK AO2 TSNO T02470209
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 16, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.