Pool POOL JUNGSTER I N7135

Summary

On 29 March 2003 at about 18:00 local time, a Pool POOL JUNGSTER I registered N7135 was involved in an accident near Fernandina Beac, Florida, 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.

Date

29 March 2003 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fernandina Beac, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Fernandina Beach Municipal (55J)

Coordinates

30.5928, -81.4606

Aircraft

Pool POOL JUNGSTER I

Registration

N7135

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fernandina Beac → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA03LA087

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing flare/touchdown while attempting a crosswind landing resulting in the left wing impacting the ground, and a collision with runway lights during the attempted recovery.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that the accident airplane is a single seat airplane, the only one of its kind, and he was training to make takeoffs and landings. He said it was his second flight in the airplane, and while attempting to make a landing with a crosswind from the left, the left wing dipped and the airplane veered left. While attempting to recover the undercarriage hit a runway light and the airplane pitched downward impacting the ground on its left wing and nose. Prior to the accident there had been no failure or malfunction to the airplane or any of its systems.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.