Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd EDGE XT-912-L accident near Granite Shoals, TX
On May 29, 2022, an Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd EDGE XT-912-L was involved in an accident near Granite Shoals, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 29, 2022
- Place
- Granite Shoals, TX
- Aircraft
- Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd EDGE XT-912-L · WSFT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 30.592°N, 98.368°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220529105143
Official records · WPR22FA189
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On May 29, 2022, about 0800 central daylight time (cdt), an Airborne Windsports Edge weight shift control (WSC) light sport aircraft, commonly referred to as a trike, N490F, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Granite Shoals, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The trike was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A residential security camera located near the Granite Shoals/Bob Sylvester Airpark (2G5), Granite Shoals, Texas, captured the trike at 0709 taxiing towards the approach end of runway 20. Witnesses in the vicinity of 2G5 saw the trike flying in the area for about 20-30 minutes before the accident. A witness on the south end of the airport saw the trike flying in the area as it made several passes over the airpark. He did not witness the accident but recalled the wind condition to be “super windy.” Another witness stated that the wind condition was “swift” with gusts at the time of the accident. The 0735 cdt, weather observations from Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport (DZB), Horseshoe Bay, Texas, located about 4 miles south of the accident site, showed southerly winds at 4 knots increasing to 13 knots with gusts to 19 knots by 0915 cdt. At 0753, the wind conditions reported at the Burnet Municipal Airport (BMQ), Burnet, Texas, located about 13 miles northeast, of the accident site were from 190° at 11 knots gusting to 21 knots. The National Weather Service (NWS) Area Forecast Discussion also noted that the winds were expected to become gusty in the late morning, and the NWS had an Airman
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall while landing with a gusting wind.
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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.
