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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Sportstar · Leesburg, FL · September 5, 2007

Date
September 5, 2007 · 13:35 local
Place
Leesburg, FL
Airport
Leesburg International
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N702LF
Reported as
Amtr Sportstar
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at approximately 13:35 hours, the pilot privacy data omitted was conducting a solo flight in a evector aerotechnik sport star EV-98 light sport aircraft, N702LF. The pilot privacy data omitted was practicing touch and go landings on runway 13 with a slight crosswind at the Leesburg International Airport, Leesburg, Florida. On his final landing, the pilot privacy data omitted lost control of the aircraft after touchdown and ground looped the aircraft. The pilot sustained no injury, however, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:35 HOURS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO FLIGHT IN A EVECTOR AEROTECHNIK SPORT STAR EV-98 LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, N702LF. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 13 WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND AT THE LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LEESBURG, FLORIDA. ON HIS FINAL LANDING, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURY, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.