- Date
- April 15, 2023, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Gilford, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5400SICP Savannah S
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- 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
- 20230415003579A
- Case key
- 107066
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with the runway.
Findings · 2
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
The pilot reported that during the landing flare a gust of wind pitched the nose of the airplane up. He then attempted to add power and go around, but the maneuver was unsuccessful with the pilot stating, “I believe both wings had stalled.” The airplane impacted the runway in a nose low attitude, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5400S
- Reported as
- ICP Savannah S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-10-54-0221
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 91
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 12, 2023 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- LCI · Gilford, NH
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- LCI · Laconia Municipal Airport, runway 8, 5,890 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, 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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 25, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 22 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate
- Observed at
- LCI
- METAR
- KLCI 151856Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM CLR 21/04 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02060044
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.4 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.