Airborne Windsport Edge XT-912-L accident near Captain Cook, HI
On April 21, 2010, an Airborne Windsport Edge XT-912-L was involved in an accident near Captain Cook, HI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 21, 2010
- Place
- Captain Cook, HI
- Aircraft
- Airborne Windsport Edge XT-912-L · WSFT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 19.482°N, 155.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100421X30547
Official records · WPR10FA211
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 21, 2010, about 0936 Hawaiian standard time, an AirBorne WindSport Edge XT-912-L weight-shift-control light sport aircraft, N34TH, was substantially damaged when it impacted the water of Kealakekua Bay near Captain Cook, Hawaii. The light-sport pilot and his student sustained fatal injuries. The pilot was doing business as Tedd’s Flying Adventures and operating the aircraft under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight. A flight plan had not been filed. The aircraft departed from Kona International Airport, Kailua Kona, Hawaii, at 0912. According to Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control personnel, the accident aircraft made its first departure for the day at 0748 and returned at 0814. The passenger on the second (accident) flight had flown with the pilot once before; this ride was given to her as a birthday gift. According to witnesses, the aircraft was maneuvering near a 450-foot-tall cliff, which descended directly into the ocean. Several witnesses estimated that the aircraft was between 300 and 400 feet above the water; one witness estimated that it was only about 100 feet above the water. The aircraft approached the cliff flying on a northwesterly heading and about a 45-degree intercept to the cliff. As it flew very close to the cliff, it banked left and “flipped over.” The witnesses heard a loud popping sound, the wings folded around the fuselage (pod) and the aircraft descended in a spiraling corkscrew-like manner. One witness said that it
Probable cause
The pilot’s intentional in-flight maneuvers that exceeded the structural limits of the aircraft, which resulted in structural failure of the wings.
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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.
