Airborne Windsports Edge X accident near Ocala, FL
On February 2, 2019, an Airborne Windsports Edge X was involved in an accident near Ocala, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- February 2, 2019
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Aircraft
- Airborne Windsports Edge X · WSFT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.279°N, 82.122°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190202X74506
Official records · ERA19LA094
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On February 2, 2019, about 1625 eastern standard time, an Airborne Windsports Edge X weight-shift-control aircraft, N123NY, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Jumbolair Airport (17FL), Ocala, Florida. The noncertificated pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.A friend of the pilot stated, during a postaccident interview, that he was driving away from the airport when he saw the aircraft take off and climb to about 100 to 125 ft above ground level. The aircraft then veered left and right, briefly flew straight, and seemed "to be pushed" to the right. Afterward, the aircraft's nose dropped, and the aircraft impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude. The pilot's friend reported that the engine "never missed a lick." During a separate postaccident interview, the pilot's friend also described that the engine was at full power during the climbout and that the wings were "wagging" before the aircraft crashed. The pilot's friend stated that he had been flying with the accident pilot since 2001and had made about 25 to 30 flights with him, during which he rode in the back seat. The pilot's friend estimated that the pilot had about 40 to 50 hours of total flight experience in weight-shift-control aircraft. According to a friend of the witness to the accident, his friend had been providing the pilot with flight instruction for about 1 year, and the accident flight was the pilot's first solo flight. The friend of the witness showed a video from his friend's social media account
Probable cause
The noncertificated pilot's exceedance of the aircraft's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
