Friday, August 26, 2022

MXR Technologies MX2, N263MX: Fatal accident occurred August 24, 2022 in Osteen, Volusia County, Florida

National Transportation Safety Board - Accident Number: ERA22FA384

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Orlando, Florida

Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. 

Mondiale Aircraft Sales and Services Inc


Date: 24-AUG-22
Time: 20:39:00Z
Regis#: N263MX
Aircraft Make: MXR TECHNOLOGIES
Aircraft Model: MX2
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 2
Flight Crew: 1 Fatal
Pax: 1
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
Operation: 91
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
LOCATION
City: DAYTONA BEACH
State: FLORIDA

Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation may contact them by email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov. You can also call the NTSB Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290.


Miroslav Velickovich




Volusia Sheriff's Office - 

UPDATE #2: The occupants of the plane in Wednesday’s crash have been positively identified as pilot/flight instructor Miroslav D. Velickovich of Tybee Island, Georgia, and passenger Miguel Duarte of the Peruvian Air Force. They were conducting flight training exercises. The FAA and NTSB investigation of the crash is ongoing.

UPDATE: Plane crashes in Osteen, killing 2 believed on board

A plane crash in a wooded area in Osteen is believed to have killed two people Wednesday evening, and the FAA and NTSB are continuing a crash investigation today.

The crash was reported to the Sheriff’s Office shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday after the plane sent an emergency signal to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Around 7 p.m., Air One located the plane about a mile north of the end of Lopez Road in Osteen, east of Lake Ashby, and guided deputies to the location through thick vegetation and swamp.

Because the downed airplane was heavily damaged and upside down, and it was impossible to immediately confirm the number of occupants. It was initially believed only one person was on board, but it was later reported that two people (a flight instructor and passenger) were in the plane when it took off from Spruce Creek Fly-In around 4:30 p.m.

The plane is a single-engine MXR Technologies MX2 out of Tybee Island, Ga.

The names of the deceased are not being released at this time pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.

The cause and circumstances of the crash will be determined as a result of the FAA and NTSB investigation.

Earlier post:

Deputies are on scene of a fatal crash of a small aircraft in the woods east of Lake Ashby, off Pell Road and Lopez Road in the Osteen area. It appears 1 person was on board. FAA and NTSB have been notified to conduct the crash investigation.





The Peruvian Air Force said one of the two people killed after a small plane crash Wednesday night in Volusia County was a service member.

At 6 p.m. the U.S. Air Force Rescue Coordination Center received an emergency signal from a wooded area in Osteen, said Andrew Gant a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. VCSO was able to locate the plane about a mile north of the end of Lopez Road in Osteen, east of Lake Ashby, Gant said.

On a social media post, the Peruvian Air Force said the fatal incident occurred during a training exercise. It identified the victims as Peruvian Air Force Major FAP Miguel Fernando Duarte Lozada and Miroslav Velickovich. The post did not say what the training exercise was being completed.

Deputies found the plane upside down and heavily damaged. Due to the nature of the crash, it was initially difficult for deputies to determine the number occupants inside, Gant said.

“It was initially believed only one person was on board, but it was later reported that two people (a flight instructor and passenger) were in the plane when it took off from Spruce Creek Fly-In around 4:30 p.m.” Gant said.

The second person found dead was a Peruvian pilot, according to the Air Force notice.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating further.

8 comments:

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    1. Or structural failure: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178764

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  2. Trainee exceeded g-limits, passed out, crashed.

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    1. The instructor who was on board was no rookie.

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    2. Upside down, no track through the trees. Inverted spin?

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    3. Doubtful; the plane is constructed to plus/minus 12 g's; it is an extremely competent aerobatic platform. This appears to be a loss of control or perhaps g-loc.

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  3. The airplane appears to be in one piece so I don't think structural failure. Not recovering from a spin would be loss of control in my book. Both of them G-loc, unlikely. They may not have started off in a spin but it appears that's where they ended up. It will be tough to figure out, unless the aircraft had some fancy avionics installed. Very sad, Mitch was the US sales rep for MX

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  4. conducting instructions @ +/- 3400 per ADS-B.

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