# NTSB Accident ERA11FA287
> **Czech Sport Aircraft AS Piper Sport** · 2011-05-07 · Spring Hill, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA11FA287
- **Event ID:** 20110507X23111
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2011-05-07
- **Location:** Spring Hill, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.468055, -82.485
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Czech Sport Aircraft AS
- **Model:** Piper Sport
- **Registration:** N420PS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent application of control inputs that resulted in rapid, right-rolling, negative g-forces during night cruise flight and his subsequent ejection from the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to fly at night in an airplane not approved for night flight, his unbuckling of the seat belt portion of the restraint harness, and the inadvertent opening of the airplane’s canopy.

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