ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218018
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| Date: | Saturday 17 November 2018 |
| Time: | 12:20 LT |
| Type: |  TL Ultralight TL-2000 StingSport |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N494N |
| MSN: | TLUSA150 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 337 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake County, Clermont, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arcadia, FL (X06) |
| Apopka, FL (X04) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was in cruise flight when he received an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast traffic alert of traffic approaching from his one o'clock position and closing at "a high rate of speed." The pilot went on to describe control inputs and airplane attitudes during his response to the perceived threat, which ultimately resulted in a loss of control and aerodynamic spin. During the pilot's attempted recovery from the spin, the nose of the airplane pitched forward uncontrolled and the airplane entered a high-speed, nose-down descent. It is likely that during these remedial actions to regain control, the structure surrounding the horizontal stabilizer failed, and the stabilizer separated from the airplane. The pilot then successfully deployed the airplane's ballistic parachute system, and it landed in a pasture.
Examination of the failed structure surrounding the horizontal stabilizer revealed areas of delamination with dry glass fibers indicative of improper material layup with inadequate resin application. It could not be determined to what extent the inflight separation of the horizontal stabilizer was due to this defect, or whether the pilot's control inputs during the response to the traffic warning, departure from controlled flight, and subsequent attempted recovery attempt imparted forces onto the horizontal stabilizer that were beyond its nominal structural capability.
Probable Cause: An inflight failure of the airplane's horizontal stabilizer.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA19LA050
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=494N%20
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2018 20:55 | Geno | Added |
| 08-Jul-2022 18:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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