Explorer Aeronautique Inc. Ecoflyer accident near Lebanon, NY
On April 27, 2009, an Explorer Aeronautique Inc. Ecoflyer (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lebanon, NY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 27, 2009
- Place
- Lebanon, NY
- Aircraft
- Explorer Aeronautique Inc. Ecoflyer · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.815°N, 75.684°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090428X71624
Official records · ERA09FA273
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 27, 2009 at 1645 eastern daylight time, a foreign certificated experimental Explorer Aeronautique Ecoflyer airplane, Canadian registration C-IOFL, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain in Lebanon, New York. The pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the flight that originated at LT Warren Eaton Airport (KOIC), Norwich, New York, about 1630. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the pilot's family, he was returning to Trois-Rivieres Airport (CYRQ), Quebec, Canada after spending a week at 'Sun and Fun' in Lakeland, Florida. He departed from Sebring, Florida on April 26, 2009, and flew to Florence Regional Airport (KFLO), Florence, South Carolina, where he spent the night. On the day of the accident, he departed KFLO around 0740 and stopped at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (KMRB), Martinsburg, West Virginia before continuing to KOIC. Personnel at KOIC reported that the pilot landed at the airport around 1400. He reported to them that he had encountered "rough air and wind gusts like he had never seen before." The personnel reported he was "very shook up" about the encounter. While on the ground at KOIC, the pilot called his girlfriend and stated the last leg of his flight was "horrible" and that the airplane climbed to 8,000 feet with very little control. The pilot "had trouble holding it and bringing it back down." The girlfriend asked if the problem was the airplane or the wind, to which
Probable cause
The in-flight separation of the left wing due to failure of one of the inboard attachments to the fuselage.
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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.
