Everson SIDEWINDER N62RE

Summary

On 29 September 2007 at about 18:00 local time, a Everson SIDEWINDER registered N62RE, operated by Michael A. Pearson, was involved in an accident near Pensacola, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 September 2007 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Coastal Airport (83J)

Coordinates

30.5256, -87.3844

Aircraft

Everson SIDEWINDER

Registration

N62RE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Michael A. Pearson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Slidell → Pensacola

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07LA241

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point while landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Several witnesses described the amateur-built airplane's high-speed, low-altitude overflight and entry into the airport traffic pattern and its flight through the final approach course while on the base leg of the pattern. The approach required "S" turns to realign the airplane with the runway. The landing was "very fast," "very long," and touchdown was over two-thirds the distance down the runway. The airplane then overran the 2,526-foot-long turf runway, collided with a fence, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. The witnesses also described the pilot's postcrash position in the airplane as "inverted," "crumpled," his complexion was "blue," and that cardiopulmonary resuscitation was administered at the scene. The pilot reported that the airplane experienced no mechanical malfunctions or failures, but suggested that the proximity of the engine exhaust outlet to the cabin vent resulted in carbon monoxide impairment. However, examination of his medical records revealed no direct treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning, and a search of the National Transportation Safety Board accident database revealed no record of carbon monoxide impairment in connection with any accident that involved the airplane make and model.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.