View of Airplane at rest.
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
The windshield was blown out, the right door was open, the propeller was buried under the nose of the aircraft and only a partial blade was visible. The engine was pushed back into the cockpit to the area where the instrument panel is supposed to be at.
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
The windshield was blown out, the right door was open, the propeller was buried under the nose of the aircraft and only a partial blade was visible. The engine was pushed back into the cockpit to the area where the instrument panel is supposed to be at.
View of airplane and struck trees.
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
View of airplane at rest with broken tree limb underneath wing.
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
View of propeller.
Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft
View of airplane after recovery.
Engine
The engine was removed from the airplane and suspended by a forklift for further examination. The rocker arm covers were removed, and all accessories were removed for examination.
Engine suspended.
There were no anomalies noted that would have resulted in a loss of engine power. The airframe was also examined, and cable continuity was established for all flight controls. Some of the wing cables were cut to facilitate loading the airplane on a trailer; however, the cables could be verified through visual exam. There were no airframe anomalies noted during the exam.
The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
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Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Orlando, Florida
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Piper Aircraft; Vero Beach, Florida
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http://registry.faa.gov/N6764W
Location: Edgewater, FL
Accident Number: ERA18LA096
Date & Time: 03/06/2018, 1005 EST
Registration: N6764W
Aircraft: PIPER PA 28
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Collision during takeoff/land
Injuries: 2 Serious
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Instructional
On March 6, 2018, about 1005 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-140, N6764W, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while on approach to Massey Ranch Airpark (X50), Edgewater, Florida. The flight instructor and student pilot were seriously injured. The airplane was privately owned and operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.
According to a witness, who was also a pilot, the airplane was on the final approach leg of the airport traffic pattern at "low" altitudes on the previous landings while "doing pattern work." The airplane descended below the treeline, the witness perceived that the airplane's engine power increased before it cleared the treeline prior to continuing the final approach. The witness then left the airport and did not witness the accident sequence.
The pilot and passenger reported to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector that due to the injuries they sustained during the accident, they had no recollection of the events preceding the accident.
Examination of the airplane by the FAA inspector revealed that it impacted the ground in a nose down attitude about 750 ft prior to the threshold of runway 18. The top section of a tree was separated and located beneath the wreckage. In addition, there were several small branches with 45° cuts in them. The inboard section of the left wing was impact crushed aft and the left-wing tip was impact crushed. The outboard section of the right wing was impact crushed aft. The empennage was buckled and the horizontal stabilator and rudder remained undamaged. A total of 25 gallons of aviation fuel was noted in the wing fuel tanks during recovery.
An examination of the engine by an NTSB investigator revealed that it remained attached to the engine mounts. Thumb compression was obtained on all cylinders and crankshaft and valve train continuity were confirmed through the engine and accessories by rotating the propeller through 360° of rotation. The left and right magnetos produced spark on all ignition towers during hand rotation. The propeller remained attached to the engine and chordwise scratching was noted on the blades. The oil suction screen was free of debris and about 4.5 quarts of oil were noted in the engine per the oil dipstick. The carburetor inlet screen and the main fuel strainer were examined and free of debris.
A review of the airframe revealed that flight control continuity was confirmed from the flight controls to the respective flight control surfaces. The fuel selector was tested with low pressure air and no anomalies were noted.
There were no anomalies noted with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.
Flight Instructor Information
Certificate: Flight Instructor; Commercial
Age: 23, Male
Airplane Rating(s): Multi-engine Land; Single-engine Land
Seat Occupied: Unknown
Other Aircraft Rating(s): Helicopter
Restraint Used:
Instrument Rating(s): Airplane
Second Pilot Present: Yes
Instructor Rating(s): Airplane Multi-engine; Airplane Single-engine
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 1
Last FAA Medical Exam: 12/18/2017
Occupational Pilot: Yes
Last Flight Review or Equivalent:
Flight Time: 850 hours (Total, all aircraft)
Student Pilot Information
Certificate: Student
Age:20, Female
Airplane Rating(s): None
Seat Occupied: Unknown
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used:
Instrument Rating(s): None
Second Pilot Present: Yes
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 1 Without Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 08/15/2017
Occupational Pilot: No
Last Flight Review or Equivalent:
Flight Time: 2 hours (Total, all aircraft)
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Registration: N6764W
Model/Series: PA 28 140
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture: 1965
Amateur Built:No
Airworthiness Certificate: Normal
Serial Number: 28-20890
Landing Gear Type: Tricycle
Seats: 4
Date/Type of Last Inspection: 03/15/2017, Annual
Certified Max Gross Wt.:
Time Since Last Inspection: 15 Hours
Engines: 1 Reciprocating
Airframe Total Time: 3605.53 Hours at time of accident
Engine Manufacturer: LYCOMING
ELT:C91A installed
Engine Model/Series: O-320 SERIES
Registered Owner: On file
Rated Power: 150 hp
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: EVB, 10 ft msl
Distance from Accident Site: 4 Nautical Miles
Observation Time: 1547 UTC
Direction from Accident Site: 344°
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Visibility: 10 Miles
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts: 11 knots / 15 knots
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual:
Wind Direction: 200°
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual:
Altimeter Setting: 30.03 inches Hg
Temperature/Dew Point: 23°C / 10°C
Precipitation and Obscuration: No Obscuration; No Precipitation
Departure Point: Edgewater, FL (X50)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Destination: Edgewater, FL (X50)
Type of Clearance: None
Departure Time: EST
Type of Airspace:
Airport Information
Airport: MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK (X50)
Runway Surface Type: Asphalt
Airport Elevation: 10 ft
Runway Surface Condition: Unknown
Runway Used: 18
IFR Approach: None
Runway Length/Width: 4360 ft / 60 ft
VFR Approach/Landing: Traffic Pattern
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 2 Serious
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 2 Serious
Latitude, Longitude: 28.986944, -80.925833 (est)
Location: Edgewater, FL
Accident Number: ERA18LA096
Date & Time: 03/06/2018, 1105 EST
Registration: N6764W
Aircraft: PIPER PA 28
Injuries: 2 Serious
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Instructional
On March 6, 2018, about 1105 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-140, N6764W, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while on approach to Massey Ranch Airpark (X50), Edgewater, Florida. The flight instructor and student pilot were seriously injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by an individual as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.
According to initial witness statements to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the airplane was on the final approach leg of the traffic pattern at "low" altitudes on the previous landings while "doing pattern work."
The airplane subsequently impacted terrain about 750 ft from the threshold of runway 18.
Examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed that it impacted the ground in a nose down attitude. The top section of a tree was separated and located in the vicinity of the wreckage. In addition, there were several small branches with 45° cuts in them. The inboard section of the left wing was impact crushed aft and the left-wing tip was impact crushed. The outboard section of the right wing was impact crushed aft. The empennage was buckled and the horizontal stabilator and rudder remained undamaged. A total of 25 gallons of aviation fuel was noted in the wings during recovery.
The engine remained attached to the engine mounts. Thumb compression was attained on all four cylinders and valve train continuity was confirmed through the engine and accessories by rotating the propeller through 360° of rotation. The left and right magnetos produced spark on all ignition towers during hand rotation. The propeller remained attached to the engine and chordwise scratching was noted on the blades.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Manufacturer: PIPER
Registration: N6764W
Model/Series: PA 28 140
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: No
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: EVB, 10 ft msl
Observation Time: 1547 UTC
Distance from Accident Site: 4 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 23°C / 10°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 11 knots/ 15 knots, 200°
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility: 10 Miles
Altimeter Setting: 30.03 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Edgewater, FL (X50)
Destination: Edgewater, FL (X50)
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 2 Serious
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 2 Serious
Latitude, Longitude: 28.986944, -80.925833 (est)
The crash happened around 10 a.m. as the aircraft attempted to land at Massey Ranch Airport in Edgewater, located 17 miles south of Daytona Beach.
"I heard this terrible terrible noise, like a big crash," Dorothy O'Brien told FOX35. "I looked out my window, and I seen my carport, one of the pieces."
O'Brien said she was getting ready for a lunch date when the plane hit part of her home, but didn't sustain any injuries.
"It's just my carport, that can be replaced. I prayed, and I thank God every day, and I pray for the two kids that were in there," she said.
Friends of the pilot, 23-year-old Amrit Ramnarine, told FOX 35 that he was taking his 21-year-old sister Asha for a flying lesson.
The owner of Daytona Aviation, Ken Ali, told FOX35 that Ramnarine teaches at their flight school.
On Tuesday, he decided to take his younger sister for a private lesson, not involved with the flight school, and rented a single-engine Piper.
Ali told the television station he is asking for prayers and hoping the siblings they will make a full recovery.
Authorities said Amrit is in serious but stable condition, while Asha is in critical condition at an area hospital.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Original article can be found here ➤ http://www.foxnews.com
A Trinidadian man was in serious condition and his sister in critical condition after a plane in which they were flying crashed into a house in Florida on Tuesday.
According to a report from Fox News, 23-year-old Amrit Ramnarine and his sister Asha Ramnarine, 21, were flying a small plane when the aircraft crashed around 10:00 am at a home in New Smyrna Beach, close to a runway at Massey Ranch Airpark.
Both people were taken to a nearby hospital. Amrit, a former Queen's Royal College student, was seriously injured and Asha was in critical condition, a sheriff’s spokesman said.
Nobody in the home was injured.
Friends told Fox News that Amrit was taking his sister on a flying lesson.
The owner of Daytona Aviation, Ken Ali, told FOX35 that Ramnarine teaches at their flight school.
Ramnarine was a former student of Queen's Royal College. The school urged fellow alumni to pray for the speedy recovery of the siblings in a social media post on Friday.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Queen's Royal College "Old Boy" Amrit Ramnarine and his family as we hope that he and his sister speedily recover," the school said.
Authorities said Amrit is in serious but stable condition, while Asha is in critical condition at an area hospital.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
Original article can be found here ➤ http://www.looptt.com
Amrit Ramnarine, 23, and his sister, Asha Ramnarine, 21, suffered injuries when the small airplane came crashing through some trees and landed on its nose in the backyard of 1049 Roberts Lane.
Amrit Ramnarine suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. His sister Asha Ramnarine was in critical condition and had to be flown in a helicopter to the same hospital, said sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Gant.
Emergency crews said Amrit Ramnarine suffered facial injuries and he was listed in serious condition.
Gant said it appeared the single-engine Piper airplane was coming in for a landing at nearby Massey Ranch Airpark when the plane clipped some trees and crashed at 10:03 a.m.
“They were coming in for a landing and they crashed,” a caller told a 9-1-1 dispatcher.
Another caller said a lot of people arrived at the scene to help.
“There is two people in here and they both are breathing,” another caller reported.
The caller said the airplane looks like it did a nose dive straight into the ground.
“It looks like a lady on top of a gentleman,” the 9-1-1 caller said. “The gentleman is at the bottom but he is still breathing.”
The Federal Aviation Administration arrived on scene to investigate. The investigator declined requests to talk about the crash.
Another small plane carrying two occupants crashed about 2:30 p.m. 75 miles away in Putnam County. The pilot was from Georgia and his passenger was a woman from St. Augustine. Both suffered minor injuries.
A man who lives near the Southeast Volusia crash, Tom Traska, said he was in his backyard when the aircraft went down. His property borders the mobile home lot where the airplane landed.
“I just heard the engine rev up so I looked up and I could see the plane hitting the top of the pine trees,” Traska said.
Airplanes often glide in the area approaching the airstrip to land, Traska said, as one slowly flew over the top of the pine trees above the scene of the wreck.
“It sounded like he was revving up to get more altitude,” Traska said.
Traska said he ran through his backyard to the crash scene but the occupants of the plane were already being helped.
“They were still in the plane when I went over there,” Traska said. “There was already a bunch of people around them and then the medics came and helped them out.”
Original article ➤ http://www.news-journalonline.com
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - A small plane crashed Tuesday morning into a home in New Smyrna Beach, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff's Office reports two people, identified as Amrit Ramnarine, 23 and his sister Asha Ramnarine, 21 were injured and transported to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. There were no injuries to anyone in the residence at the crash site.
Rescuers responded to the call about the crash shortly after 10 a.m. The Piper PA-28-140 crashed into a residence at 1049 Roberts Lane. The crash site was near Massey Ranch Airpark, where it appeared the plane had approached for a landing before clipping some trees and crashing.
Original article can be found here ➤ http://www.wftv.com
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