# Accident 20080728843309A: Amtr SPORTSTAR, Maple Lake, MN, July 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Maple Lake, MN
- Airport: Maple Lake Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N605EV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N605EV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 547 total, 21 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080728843309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION ON SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE STUDENT WAS ESTABLISHED ON FINAL APPROACH BUT FLARED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT FOR THE LOSS IN AIRSPEED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND HELD THE ELEVATOR CONTROL FULL AFT IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME AIRBORNE WITHOUT PORPOISING. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE, BUT REMAINED IN GROUND EFFECT, IN AN UNRECOVERED STALL DUE TO THE FULL AFT CONTROL. AT APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WHERE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS TORN LOOSE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI08LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA228), Jul 28, 2008: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar (N605EV), Maple Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's delayed remedial action to the encountered stall. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's slow airspeed and inadvertent stall.

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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