Aero Sp Z O O AT-4 LSA accident near Zellwood, FL
On March 22, 2025, an Aero Sp Z O O AT-4 LSA (airplane) was involved in an accident near Zellwood, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 22, 2025
- Place
- Zellwood, FL
- Aircraft
- Aero Sp Z O O AT-4 LSA · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 28.735°N, 81.634°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250322199896
NTSB summary
On March 22, 2025, about 0925 eastern daylight time, a Aero SP Z O O AT-4 LSA, N8548U, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Zellwood, Florida. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a witness, the airplane had just departed from Bob White Field (X61), Zellwood, Florida, when it suddenly descended and struck the ground at the end of runway 27. The witness stated that the airplane immediately caught fire upon impact with the terrain, but it was not on fire prior to the impact. A second witness reported watching the airplane taxi to the departure end of the runway and waived to the pilot. This witness reported that the airplane appeared to be “normal”, and the canopy appeared to be down. The accident site was located at the western end of the runway in a drainage ditch. The initial impact scar was about 3 feet to the east of the main wreckage. The impact crater was oriented on a 285° heading and was about 6 ft-long. Horizontal marks in the sandy terrain extended outwards from the impact crater that were 10 ft in length. The airplane was inverted oriented along a 120° heading. All major parts and components of the airplane remained with the main wreckage. The pilot’s seatbelt, the airplane canopy and windscreen, magnetic compass, and one propeller blade were located past the main wreckage on the western side of the drainage ditch. Part of the canopy structure was located at the top of the drainage ditch past the empennage, and about 20 feet fro
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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.
