Colyaer Sl Freedom S100 accident near Limestone, AL
On July 9, 2008, a Colyaer Sl Freedom S100 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Limestone, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 9, 2008
- Place
- Limestone, AL
- Aircraft
- Colyaer Sl Freedom S100 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 31.567°N, 87.384°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080806X01163
NTSB summary
On July 9, 2008, at 1117 central daylight time, a Colyaer SL Freedom S100, Special Light Sport Airplane (S-LSA), N4450E, crashed into the Tennessee River, in the Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area, in Limestone, Alabama. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the certificated private pilot and pilot-rated passenger were killed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local pleasure flight. The airplane was registered to and operated by the private pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The flight originated from the Pryor Field Regional Airport (DCU), Decatur, Alabama, at 1053 the same day. The private pilot was receiving 10 hours of transition training in the S-LSA seaplane from the pilot-rated passenger at the time of the accident. Witnesses in the local area stated that they did not see the accident but heard it. When they saw the airplane wreckage they called the police. The airplane was observed upside down resting in the water with one wing separated. The pilot, age 65, held a private pilot certificate, with ratings for airplane single-engine land, airplane single-engine sea, and instrument airplane, issued on May 6, 1981. His third-class medical certificate was issued on July 7, 2008, with a restriction that he must have available glasses for near vision. The pilot reported on his most recent medical certificate that he had accumulated 2,600 total flight hours. The pilot's logbook was not recovered for examination. The two-seat, high-wing, retractable-gear amphibian, single-engin
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons while making a water landing.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
