# Accident 20070930824709A: Amtr SPORTSTAR, Maple Lake, MN, September 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Maple Lake, MN
- Airport: Maple Lake Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2358° N, 93.9856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2358&lon=-93.9856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N806EV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N806EV) (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: 640 total, 33 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070930824709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/30/2007, AT 1430 CDST, AN EVEKTOR SPORTSTAR, OWNED BY M & S AIRCRAFT CORP., AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON A 14 CFR PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 10 AT MAPLE LAKE, MN (MGG) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT'S CERTIFICATE (SEL, MEL) WITH INSTRUMENT RATING AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

## 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 CHI07CA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA315), Sep 30, 2007: Aerotechnik Sportstar-Evektor (N806EV), Maple Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision which resulted in the certified flight instructor not being able to maintain…

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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