# Accident 20090317010709A: Amtr SPORTSTAR, Minneapolis, MN, March 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2009, 18:52 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Airlake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6281° N, 93.2281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6281&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N906LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N906LA-2014-12-10) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 45 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090317010709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRACTICING SLOW FLIGHT AND LANDINGS AT KLVN ON RUNWAY 30.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO SIMULATE SLOW FLIGHT NEAR STALL SPEEDS WHILE LANDING THE STUDENT TOUCHED THE AIRCRAFT MAIN WHEELS TO THE RUNWAY.  AT MIDFIELD THE INSTRUCTOR COMMANDED A "GO AROUND".  ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED LEFT."  AS THE GO AROUND WAS PERFORMED THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND TO THE LEFT.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATES "I WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE RIGHT RUDDER AND PUSHING THE STICK FORWARD, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO TURN AND ROLL LEFT.  I KNEW AT THIS POINT THAT HE (STUDENT PILOT) WAS PUSHING MY LEFT RUDDER PEDAL DOWN AND HOLDING IT, BUT THERE WAS NO TIME TO GET HIS FOOT OFF MY LEFT RUDDER PEDAL.  NOR COULD I OVERPOWER HIS LOCKED LEG ON THE PEDAL."  PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE RUDDER PEDALS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AIRCRAFT VERY CLOSE, WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL BARRIER PREVENTING A SCENARIO AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, FROM OCCURRING.  I WILL BE COMPLETING A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION INVOLVING THE RUDDER PEDALS.

## 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 CEN09LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA238), Mar 17, 2009: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar Plus (N906LA), Lakeville, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, and the student pilot’s unintentional interference with the instructor’s rudder pedal during the go-around.…

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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