Sonex SONEX N187PB
3 June 2020 · New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 3 June 2020 at about 12:35 local time, a Sonex SONEX registered N187PB was involved in an accident near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. 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 12:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Smyrna Beach Muni (EVB)
- Coordinates
- 29.0000, -80.9489
- Aircraft
- Sonex SONEX
- Registration
- N187PB
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2018
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Smyrna Beach → New Smyrna Beach
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA20CA204
People
2 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain an adequate airspeed while on final approach and impacted terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he got too slow on final approach and was too low to the ground to recover and the airplane impacted wooded terrain short of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that it was strictly "pilot error".
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2022 | Sonex SONEX | River Falls, Wisconsin, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 2023 | Sonex SONEX | Dowagiac, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | Sonex SONEX | Sulphur Springs, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 May 2026 | Sonex SONEX | Lincolnshire, United Kingdom | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Oct 2014 | Sonex SONEX TRIGEAR | Fawnskin, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2020 | Piper PA32 | Tallahassee, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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