# NTSB MIA93LA193: Legrand Avid Flyer, N2067V, Titusville, FL, September 9, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 9, 1993, 13:56 local (17:56 UTC) - Place: Titusville, FL - Coordinates: 28.629013, -80.849456 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6290&lon=-80.8495&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report August 1, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 37393 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37393/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA193 ## Probable cause THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED (VSO) IN A GO-AROUND, RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL (STALL). ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - airspeed(vso) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis The commercial pilot was observed by a certified flight instructor (CFI) making a VFR approach for landing to a grass runway. The CFI stated the pilot appeared to have difficulty with the landing and initiated a go-around. The airplane was observed to make an immediate 90-degree left turn and reached about 50 to 100 feet agl. The left wing was observed to drop, the nose pitched down, and the airplane disappeared from view below the tree line colliding with the terrain. ## Factual narrative On September 9, 1993, at about 1356 eastern daylight time, a Legrand, N2067V, experimental homebuilt Avid Flyer airplane, registered to Waldo L. Gentry, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed while maneuvering on a go-around. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial pilot was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Arthur Dunn Airpark, Titusville, Florida, at an undetermined time. A certified flight instructor observed the airplane making an approach for landing to runway 22 in the grass. The flight instructor stated in a written statement to the NTSB investigator-in-charge that, "As we flew base leg I noticed that the avid flyer was having difficulty landing and executed an extremely poor go around by immediately turning 900 left after lift off and proceeded to "wallow" across the ramp and hangars until just east of the airpark when at an altitude of 50-100 feet above the trees, the left wing quickly dropped followed by the nose and the airplane disappeared below the trees." NTSB Form 6120.1/2, Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report was mailed to the pilot-in-command on September 10, 1993. The report was returned to the NTSB investigator-in-charge on September 27, 1993, by the injured pilot's wife without being completed with the following statement: "Wally Gentry is in critical condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center and is unable to complete the enclosed form at this time." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2067V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2067V-1995-10-03), registration cancelled 1995-10-03, S/N 277 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: LEGRAND AVID FLYER (AVID FLYE) - Registry model: [Le Grand David AVID FLYER](https://openairdocs.org/model/le-grand-david-avid-flyer) (registry code 05612LQ) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 277 - Engines: ROTAX 582 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Gentry, Waldo L. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Airport: X21, Arthur Dunn Airpark, runway 22, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 350 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 8 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: PIX, 7 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 19930909033729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930909033729A), Sep 9, 1993: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Titusville, FL, Destroyed. Observed to turn 90 degrees on final for a go around. Wallowed over airport stalled and crashed. 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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