NONE · Urban Air SRO UFM-13 · 2009-06-23 · Bourne Stage, TX, USA
Event
NTSB number
CEN09LA379
Event ID
20090623X62141
Type
Accident
Date
2009-06-23
Location
Bourne Stage, TX, USA
Coordinates
29.533611, -98.469718
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
1
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
Urban Air SRO
Model
UFM-13
Registration
N17UA
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The pilot’s exceedance of the aircraft’s placarded never-exceed speed (Vne), resulting in aerodynamic flutter in the empennage and the subsequent in-flight structural failure of the aft portion of the fuselage.