- Date
- November 26, 2021, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Apopka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19AATecnam P92
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- 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/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20211126021629A
- Case key
- 104436
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a gusting crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a hangar.
Findings · 3
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
After flying two low approaches at a nearby airport, the pilot returned to his departure airport where the reported wind from 280° at 8 kts. When the airplane touched down on runway 33, the nose started to lift and drift left. The pilot input full right rudder to correct the deviation; however, the airplane travelled off the left side of the runway and impacted a hangar. The left wing spar and ribs were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19AA
- Reported as
- Tecnam P92 (EA)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1455
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 4,710.1
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS SERIES, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rene Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Rene Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 12, 2021 · 29.3 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando Apopka, runway 33, 3,987 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- August 16, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 15 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- LEE, 14 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KLEE 261753Z 28006KT 10SM FEW055 24/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02440144 10244 20122 58028=
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.1 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.