# NTSB GAA19CA425: Aeros Skyranger, N75561, Brownville, ME, July 16, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 16, 2019, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Brownville, ME
- Coordinates: 45.336112, -69.050834 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3361&lon=-69.0508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 2020
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99866
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA425
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99866/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99866
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA425

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control while attempting a go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with trees.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Aeros SKYRANGER II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=059022N), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced. He initiated a go-around, but the airplane veered left, exited the runway, and impacted trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced. He initiated a go around, but the airplane veered left, exited the runway to the left, and impacted trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N75561](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75561-2020-08-07), registration cancelled 2020-08-07, S/N SKR 0210262, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROS LTD SKYRANGER (II)
- Registry model: [Aeros SKYRANGER II](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeros-skyranger-ii) (registry code 059022N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912S series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (registry code 55570, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: SKR 0210262
- Year built: 2004
- Airframe hours: 159.48
- Engines: Rotax 912S 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, June 15, 2019
- Departed: ME03, Brownville, ME
- Destination: ME03, Brownville, ME
- Airport: ME03, Webber Jones, runway 19, 2,500 × 40 ft, gravel
- Equipment: Handheld GPS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 6, 2017; seat: left; flight hours: 257 total, 8 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Observed at: KGNR, 22 nm away

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99866. 499 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 334 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480075&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (item 2, .PDF, 165 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480076&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF

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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