Tl Ultralight Sro TL-3000 SIRIUS N726T
8 April 2016 · South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 April 2016 at about 21:30 local time, a Tl Ultralight Sro TL-3000 SIRIUS registered N726T, operated by Air Associates of Missouri, was involved in an accident near South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- South St Paul Muni-Richard E F (SGS)
- Coordinates
- 44.8575, -93.0331
- Aircraft
- Tl Ultralight Sro TL-3000 SIRIUS
- Registration
- N726T
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2013
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Air Associates of Missouri
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Dubuque → South St. Paul
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA16CA189
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper landing flare in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and substantial damage to the firewall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he encountered gusty wind conditions and a "sudden low level wind shear" during the landing flare and touched down hard. During the landing roll, the pilot noticed that he could not steer the airplane to the left, but he was able to stop the airplane on the runway. During a postaccident inspection, evidence of a propeller strike was also observed. The firewall was substantially damaged. An automated weather observing system, about the time of the accident, at the accident airport reported the wind 330 degrees true at 16 knots gusting to 28 knots. The pilot reported that he landed on runway 34. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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