Messing Roy SONEX N130SX

Summary

On 6 December 2007 at about 17:30 local time, a Messing Roy SONEX registered N130SX was involved in an accident near New Smyrna 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

6 December 2007 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Smyrna Beac, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

New Smyrna Beach Municipal (KEVB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Messing Roy SONEX

Registration

N130SX

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Smyrna Beac → New Smyrna Beac

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA08CA025

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance while on final approach for landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, "the purpose of the flight was to test a new instrument and conduct test approaches and landings to check flying characteristics at slower approach speeds. Previous approaches at 70 miles per hour (MPH) [were] too fast. After practicing slow flight and entering a stall speed into new instrument I was cleared for a 5-mile straight in approach to runway 2. After "dragging in" for 5-miles I attained my test final approach speed of 60 mph. There was a tree in my glide path so I climbed over it but underestimated my sink rate (which was the purpose of the test flight) the right gear snagged a limb which jerked me into a right hand roll. I applied power, leveled the wings, and pointed [the] nose ahead as it hit the ground. There were no visible markings on the runway to indicate a displaced threshold. The reason for the displaced threshold is the tree. If the runway was properly marked, I am sure I would have been reminded at least a mile out or one-half out that there was a displaced threshold and avoided the incident."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.