Skykits SAVANNAH N63XT

Summary

On 20 September 2010 at about 14:00 local time, a Skykits SAVANNAH registered N63XT, operated by Skykits Corp, was involved in an accident near Springville, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 September 2010 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Springville, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

36.3333, -88.1500

Aircraft

Skykits SAVANNAH

Registration

N63XT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Skykits Corp

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Henry County → Springville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA495

Nobody was injured.

Collision with an unknown object during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The purpose of the flight was for the flight instructor to give instruction to the pilot and endorse him for a light sport aircraft sea rating. The flight instructor reported that during the initial landing on a lake, as the water line moved about three-quarters of the way up the floats, the airplane suddenly pitched over and became inverted. The pilot receiving instruction believed the airplane struck an object during landing. A post-accident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the right float sustained substantial damage consistent with contact with an object and that no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies were found. The object struck by the seaplane could not be identified.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.