Plane Crash List

Siai Marchetti SM-1019B N273LH

29 March 2009 · Dade City, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 March 2009 at about 15:00 local time, a Siai Marchetti SM-1019B registered N273LH was involved in an accident near Dade City, 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.

The record

Date
at 15:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Dade City, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Roma Dade City Airport (None)
Coordinates
28.3567, -82.2539
Aircraft
Siai Marchetti SM-1019B
Registration
N273LH
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Dade City → Dade City
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ERA09CA220

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during initial climb.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was departing east from a 900-foot-long by 50-foot-wide private turf runway. When the airplane was about 20 feet above the ground, a "significant" wind gust pushed the airplane left, and its left wing contacted a tree branch and spun the airplane around. The airplane incurred damage to both wings and the engine separated from the airframe. Reported winds in the vicinity, about the time of the accident, were from the west at 13 knots. When asked how the accident could have been prevented, the pilot stated that he should have remained south of the runway centerline as the predominant winds are southerly. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions, nor did the pilot report any.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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