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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Sportstar · Arlington, WA · July 7, 2008

Date
July 7, 2008 · 18:16 local
Place
Arlington, WA
Airport
Arlington Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N918LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA08LA164
Reported as
Amtr Sportstar
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
10 total10 in this make and model10 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) Student pilot was on takeoff roll beginning a solo flight observed by CFI on ground. At rotation speed he rotated the nose up and felt the aircraft turn to the left due to what he believed was a wind gust. He applied full right rudder to compensate with no affect. The nose then came down and he departed the runway to the left. The right main landing gear was sheared off even with the fuselage, the nose landign gear was bent approximately 90 degrees, and all 3 prop blades were destroyed. The aircraft came to rest in the grass resting on the left main landing gear and the right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL BEGINNING A SOLO FLIGHT OBSERVED BY CFI ON GROUND. AT ROTATION SPEED HE ROTATED THE NOSE UP AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT TURN TO THE LEFT DUE TO WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS A WIND GUST. HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE WITH NO AFFECT. THE NOSE THEN CAME DOWN AND HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF EVEN WITH THE FUSELAGE, THE NOSE LANDIGN GEAR WAS BENT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES, AND ALL 3 PROP BLADES WERE DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS RESTING ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT WING TIP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.