# Accident 20071114828159A: Czawsp SPORTCRUISER, Chicago/Waukeg, IL, November 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2007, 11:59 local time
- Place: Chicago/Waukeg, IL
- Airport: Waukegan Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4197° N, 87.8672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4197&lon=-87.8672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N947DM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CZAWSP SPORTCRUISER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071114828159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 23 AND CLIMBED TO 100 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN UNCOMMANDED RIGHT BANK AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A 360 DEGREE BANK AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI08LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA040), Nov 14, 2007: Czech Aircraft Works Sport Cruiser (N947DM), Waukegan, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to assure that all of his tools were accounted for prior to takeoff which resulted in the foreign object jamming the control stick and the pilot's inability to maintain control of…

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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