Hi-Max 1700R UNREG

Summary

On 17 February 2009 at about 19:51 local time, a Hi-Max 1700R registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Windham, New Hampshire, 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

17 February 2009 at 19:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Windham, New Hampshire, United States

Coordinates

42.8031, -71.2883

Aircraft

Hi-Max 1700R

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Windham → Windham

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA177

1 person was seriously injured.

The non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain clearance from houses while flying an unregistered experimental, amateur-built airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The non-certificated pilot was flying an unregistered experimental, amateur-built airplane. The husband of the pilot informed a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector that his wife departed from a pond covered with ice. His wife flew around the local area, just above the trees, at 200 feet. The airplane was heading towards a housing area and pulled up just before it collided with the roof of a private residence. The airplane glanced off the roof, hit another residence, and came to rest on the ground inverted. The pilot informed her husband that the rudder on the airplane was stuck. Examination of the airplane by the FAA inspector revealed no anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.