Interplane Sro SKYBOY N942WW

Summary

On 16 February 2005 at about 15:00 local time, a Interplane Sro SKYBOY registered N942WW was involved in an accident near Zephyrhills, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 February 2005 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Zephyrhills, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Zephyrhills Municipal (ZPH)

Coordinates

28.2281, -82.1558

Aircraft

Interplane Sro SKYBOY

Registration

N942WW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Zephyr Hills → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA05LA058

2 people were seriously injured.

The instructors in-flight loss of control due to the flight controls being jammed for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor stated that he and his student were taking off from runway 22, and the experimental airplane had climbed to about 50 feet altitude when the flight controls stuck in the left position and the airplane descended in a spiral, impacting the ground. He stated that the engine was developing full power the whole time during the flight and that he did not stall the aircraft. An FAA inspector who responded to the accident site, said that witnesses told him they saw the airplane descend in a left spiral and that after impacting the ground the engine continued operating and had to be secured in order to remove the occupants. According to the inspector, the aircraft was destroyed and the extent of the damage precluded a determination of any flight control related anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.