# NTSB MIA07CA003: Olree Robert Spezio Sport DAL-1, N777WH, Sarasota, FL, October 11, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 11, 2006, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Sarasota, FL - Coordinates: 27.303054, -82.272499 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3031&lon=-82.2725&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FSDO-35 Tampa - NTSB case key (mKey): 64687 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA07CA003 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64687/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA003 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall / mush and impact with objects (a tree and a fence) before ground impact. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled - object - tree(s) - object - fence - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The pilot stated that he was conducting high speed taxi runs for a functional check of the rudder and tail wheel after replacement of a component. On one of the runs, the airplane lifted off and drifted to the right at which point he elected to fly the airplane in the pattern and land. During his first attempt to land the sink rate was more than what he had expected and he elected to perform a go-around. During the second approach he let the airplane get too slow in a nose high attitude. The airplane stalled. He lost control of the airplane; the right wing impacted a tree and clipped a steel gate, separating the landing gear before slamming down on the pavement. The airplane then slid on the pavement into a gate before stopping. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative On October 11, 2006, about 1830 eastern daylight time, an experimental homebuilt, Olree Robert, Spezio Sport DAL-1, N777WH, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, impacted with trees during landing at the Hidden River Airport, Sarasota, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The private-rated pilot reported no injuries and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated from the same airport, earlier that day, about 1815. The pilot stated that he was conducting high speed taxi runs for a functional check of the rudder and tail wheel after replacement of a component. On one of the runs, the airplane lifted off and drifted to the right at which point he elected to fly the airplane in the pattern and land. During his first attempt to land the sink rate was more than what he had expected and he elected to perform a go-around. During the second approach he let the airplane get too slow in a nose high attitude. The airplane stalled. He lost control of the airplane; the right wing impacted a tree and clipped a steel gate, separating the landing gear before slamming down on the pavement. The airplane then slid on the pavement into a gate before stopping. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N777WH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777WH-2012-07-31), registration cancelled 2012-07-31, S/N HO-119 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Olree Robert Spezio Sport DAL-1 - Registry model: [Olree Robert SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/olree-robert-spezio-sport-dal-1) (registry code 0561342) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: HO-119 - Engines: Lycoming O-290-D reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert Olree - Registered owner: Robert Olree - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: 22FA, Sarasota, FL - Airport: 22FA, Hidden River Airport, runway 27, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 302 total, 2 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.85 inHg - Observed at: KSRQ ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20061011021229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061011021229A), Oct 11, 2006: Amtr SPEZIOTUHOLE, Sarasota, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft stalled and crashed on landing resulting in substantial damage to aircraft and minimal injury to pilot. 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. 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