Lima SKY RAIDER I N2642F

Summary

On 27 June 2008 at about 20:20 local time, a Lima SKY RAIDER I registered N2642F was involved in an accident near Homestead, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 June 2008 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Homestead, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Richards Field Airport (04FA)

Coordinates

25.5586, -80.5150

Aircraft

Lima SKY RAIDER I

Registration

N2642F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Homestead → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA08CA127

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during initial climb.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was flying an amateur-built Sky Raider I, an experimental light sport aircraft. He stated to the responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors that he had purchased the airplane approximately 3 hours prior to the accident flight. The previous owner briefed him on some of the flying characteristics of the airplane, but the pilot had no flight experience in the make and model airplane. The pilot took off on runway a 9, a 2,620-foot long turf runway. About 2 or 3 seconds after becoming airborne, a gust of wind yawed the airplane 45 degrees to the right, toward several hangars and electrical power lines. The pilot attempted to gain sufficient altitude to clear the obstacles, but the airplane abruptly stalled, rolled to the right, and impacted the roof of a hangar. The pilot did not report any preimpact failure or malfunction with the airplane or its systems. The reported wind at an airport about 7 miles northeast of the accident site, about the time of the accident, was from 110 degrees at 11 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.