# Accident 20071115828959A: Amtr SPORTSTAR, Erie, CO, November 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2007, 18:25 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0100° N, 105.0478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0100&lon=-105.0478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N617EV-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS (registry code 060004N, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 717 total, 81 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071115828959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 MDT, N617EV, AN EVEKTOR/SPORT STAR EXPERIENCED OSCILLATIONS AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, AT ERIE, CO AIRPORT (EIK). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91 AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN08LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA031), Nov 15, 2007: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar Plus (N617EV), Erie, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing factors were the delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision by the flight instructor, and the ditch.

## Other reports on N617EV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120614009639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120614009639A), Jun 14, 2012: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR PLUS (N617EV), Eri, CO, Substantial damage. Instructor [privacy data omitted] certificate number [privacy data omitted] was conducting soft field take offs with student pilot [privacy data omitted] in a…

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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