# NTSB MIA07CA069: Aeroprakt A-22, N199DA, Keenansville, FL, March 31, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 31, 2007, 09:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place: Keenansville, FL
- Coordinates: 28.0769444444444, -81.0522222222222
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0769&lon=-81.0522&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Tampa
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA07CA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA069

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on a wet grass runway.  A factor associated with the accident was the wet runway.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - grass
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - other
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that during the landing roll on a private grass airstrip, the plane slid on wet grass, and struck a woodpile and a shed.  The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that during the landing roll on a private grass airstrip, the plane slid on wet grass, and struck a woodpile and a shed.  The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N199DA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199DA-2007-11-05), registration cancelled 2007-11-05, S/N 164, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Aeroprakt A-22
- Registry model: [Aeroprakt FPNA-A-22 VALOR](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeroprakt-fpna-a-22-valor) (registry code 05901PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912UL series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (registry code 55571, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 164
- Airframe hours: 158
- Engines: Rotax 912 UL 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John A Long, doing business as John A Long
- Registered owner: Dalva Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2006
- Departed: KSEF, Sebring, FL
- Destination: Keenansville, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 228 total, 65 in this make and model, 132 as pilot in command, 51 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: KISM, 15 nm away

## 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 20070331005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070331005049A), Mar 31, 2007: Fpna A22VALOR, Cypress Lake, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 31, 2007, at 10:10 a aeroprakt, Fpna-A-22 valor, registered to dalva aviation, inc. collided with a wood pile and a metal building while landing…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.