Brm Aero Bristell S-LSA accident near Lakeland, FL
On December 22, 2018, a Brm Aero Bristell S-LSA (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lakeland, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 22, 2018
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Aircraft
- Brm Aero Bristell S-LSA · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.987°N, 82.024°W
- NTSB ID
- 20181222X83505
Official records · ERA19LA078
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Communications Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn December 22, 2018, at 1012 eastern standard time, a BRM Aero Bristell special light-sport airplane, N587BL, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL), Lakeland, Florida. The solo student pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Industrial Mobile Cranes, Inc., and operated by the student pilot as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which originated about 0945. According to a friend of the student pilot who lived with him, the evening before and the morning of the accident were routine. The friend reported that the student pilot told her that he planned to stay in the traffic pattern and practice touch-and-go landings at LAL, which was his home airport. The student pilot's flight instructor reported that he had not been contacted by the student before the accident flight and was thus unaware that the student had planned to undertake a solo flight. The flight instructor reported that the student pilot had contacted him before all of the student's past solo flights and that they would normally discuss weather conditions and other aspects of planned flights. Air traffic control communications revealed that the student pilot had completed two touch-and-go landings on runway 27 in a left traffic pattern. Before the third landing, the tower controller instructed the student to fly a right traffic pattern after departure to avoid a poten
Probable cause
The student pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the initial climb, resulting in an aerodynamic stall from which the pilot did not recover.
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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.
