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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Costruzioni P92 Echo SU · Sebring, FL · September 3, 2009

Date
September 3, 2009 · 12:15 local
Place
Sebring, FL
Airport
Sebring Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N120LS
Reported as
Costruzioni P92 Echo SU
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
66 total14 in this make and model19 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.

Student pilot was performing touch and go on runway 36 at sef. Student realized that during take off flaps were still down. Retracted flaps and lost directional control and departed hard surface. Applied full power to attempt to continue the takeoff from the grass but was unable and struck a ditch and came to a stop on the airport ramp area.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 36 AT SEF. STUDENT REALIZED THAT DURING TAKE OFF FLAPS WERE STILL DOWN. RETRACTED FLAPS AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED HARD SURFACE. APPLIED FULL POWER TO ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF FROM THE GRASS BUT WAS UNABLE AND STRUCK A DITCH AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE AIRPORT RAMP AREA.