# Accident 20070627011709A: Amtr SPORTSTAR, Greenville, SC, June 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Donaldson Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7583° N, 82.3750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7583&lon=-82.3750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812EV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N812EV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPORTSTAR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,833 total, 1 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070627011709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WAS FLYING SOLO TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT. HE OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT FOR 0.8 AND ONLY 0.2 ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. HE HAD CONDUCTED A TOUCH & GO AND ONCE AIRBORNE, HE STATED THAT A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP HIS RIGHT WING AND THAT HE CORRECTED USING RIGHT AILERON AND RUDDER. HOWEVER UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE RUDDER WAS IN THE FULL LEFT POSITION AND THE AILERONS IN THE FULL RIGHT POSITION. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND ONTO THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL ON THE CO-PILOT'S SIDE AND THEREFORE APPLYING FULL LEFT RUDDER AND CAUSED A CROSS CONTROL STALL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA07CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA112), Jun 27, 2007: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar (N812EV), Greenville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent use of the wrong rudder during initial climb which resulted in a loss of control and collision with the ground.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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