# Accident 20080430835769A: Evktor SPORTSTARPLU, Indianapolis, IN, April 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2008, 19:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Greenwood Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N930LA-2013-05-15) (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: EVKTOR SPORTSTARPLU
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080430835769A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON APRIL 30, 2008, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A "RUN-UP" IN N930LA, A 2007 EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK SPORTSTAR PLUS AIRCRAFT NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 1, AT THE GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  WITH THE ENGINE RPM'S UP AROUND 4000, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE HIS TOE BRAKES TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM MOVING.  HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OUT OF THE "FLIP-FLOP" TYPE SHOES HE WAS WEARING CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP OFF THE RUDDER PEDAL.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT HIS SHOE BACK ON, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL AND LEFT THE WEST SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RAISED "CORN ROW" CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.  DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AICRAFT WAS MOVED PRIOR TO OUT NOTIFICATION OR ARRIVAL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N930LA (1)

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

- [Accident 20100305029049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100305029049A), Mar 5, 2010: Evektor-Aer SPORTSTAR P (N930LA), Marysville, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. History of flight on 03/05/2010, about 0900 eastern standard time, an experimental light sport Evektor-aerotechnik as super sport, N930LA, crashed in an open…

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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