San Luis Valley Regional/Bergm Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Alamosa, Colorado 81101
Tuesady, May 9, 2006 9:45 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to several witnesses, the airplane departed the runway, and at approximately 50 feet, appeared to hang in the air. The airplane "fell" out of the sky, impacting the tarmac, adjacent to the departure runway. According to the pilot, he was planning on a soft field takeoff procedure and had selected full flaps. The pilot did not recall anything unusual during the departure roll and did not report any mechanical anomalies. The right wing was bent up at midspan and crumpled. The fuselage, and firewall was wrinkled, the engine was crushed aft and the propeller was broken.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the departure, resulting in an inadvertent stall.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/9/2006
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 945
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Alamosa
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 81101
Event Date Year 2006
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 372605N
Event Location Longitude 1055105W
Event Location Airport SAN LUIS VALLEY REGIONAL/BERGM
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ALS
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 7500
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 952 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID ALS
Elevation of weather observation facility 7539
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 12
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.02
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 20152
NTSB Notification Source FAA-Northwest Mountain Region
NTSB Notification Date May 9 2006 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Aug 29 2006 3:49PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Denver FAA Flight Standards District Office

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N105KY
NTSB Number DEN06CA075
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Aviat Inc
Aircraft Model A-1
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 1268
Certified Max Gross Weight 1890
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 1 2005 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 39
Airframe Hours 486
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name La Soleil LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. Box 823085
Aircraft Owner City Dallas
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 75382
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name On File
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address On File
Operator City Bedford
Operator State TX
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 76021
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code ALS
Departure City Alamosa
Departure State CO
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 945
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code Q39
Destination City CREEDE
Destination State CO
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff - initial climb
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 7 2006 5:57PM
User who most recently changed record BOWL
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 20
Runway Length 8519
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --