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September 10, 2005 · Lamont Aventura II · N9138W

Hope, ME

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
September 10, 2005
Injury Outcomes
1 injury (1 serious injury)
Location
Hope, ME
Aircraft
Lamont Aventura II
Tail Number
N9138W
Injuries
Serious
Aircraft Damage
Substantial
NTSB Number
IAD05CA134

An amateur built airplane, operated by an uncertificated pilot, completed a turn to the base traffic pattern leg. After encountering a gust of wind, the airplane stalled, entered a spin, and impacted water, resulting in serious injury and substantial damage.

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent impact with water. A factor to the accident was the wind gusts.

Full Narrative

On September 10, 2005, about 1610 eastern daylight time, an amateur built Arnet Pereyra Aero Design, Aventura II, N9138W was substantially damaged during approach to Hobbs Pond near Hope, Maine. The non-certificated pilot/owner was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the pilot, the aircraft was leveling off at an altitude about 300 feet above ground level, after completing a left downwind to base traffic pattern leg. The airplane's airspeed was at 65 knots, and it was configured in the 10-degree landing flap position, when an approximate 15 knot gust of wind, "took the airplane into a stall." The airplane entered a spin, and during the recovery by the pilot, impacted water resulting in substantial damage. The recorded weather at BGR, about 23 nautical miles north of the accident site at 1553, included: winds from 350 degrees at 12 knots, gusting to 15 knots.

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time16:10 EDT
Nearest Airport0nm
Flight Plan FiledNone
Flight Plan ActivatedNo
Aircraft FireNo
Aircraft ExplosionNo

Aircraft

AircraftLamont Aventura II
Tail NumberN9138W
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageSubstantial
Operating RulePart 91
Engines1
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsRotax · 912 · Reciprocating · 100
Seats2

People & Injuries

Injury Summary1 injury (1 serious injury)
Fatal0
Serious1
Minor0
Uninjured0
Total1
Crew 1Age 36 · Third Class · Serious

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
Wind350° @ 12 kt, gusting 15 kt
Visibility10 sm
CeilingBroken clouds 6000 ft
Temperature / Dew Point70 F / 43 C
Altimeter30.13 inHg
Observation Time19:53
Weather SourceWFAC

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