# Accident 20101017053839A: Antares MA-33M R582, Rising Fawn, GA, October 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2010, 06:30 local time
- Place: Rising Fawn, GA
- Airport: Lookout Mountain
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 34.9047° N, 85.4597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9047&lon=-85.4597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49FP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49FP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Antares MA-33M R582 (registry code 05901ZV, https://openairdocs.org/model/antares-ma-33m-r582) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ANTARES MA-33M R582
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101017053839A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED BY FRONT SEAT PILOT HE WAS RIDING ALONG ON A REFRESHER FLIGHT AS THE BACK SEAT PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN AS PIC OF ANTARES MA 33M WEIGHT SHIFT. THE BACK SEAT PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO KEEP HIS HANDS ON THE FLYING BAR AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE CONTROL INPUTS FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING. TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE ELSA STARTED DRIFTING TOWARDS THE WIND SOCK. THE FRONT SEAT PILOT STARTED TO CORRECT FOR THE DRIFT WITH RIGHT CONTROL INPUTS AND FELT RESISTANCE FROM THE BACK SEAT PILOT THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL THE BACK SEAT PILOT RELEASED HIS PRESSURE ON THE CONTROLS. THE ELSA PITCHED UPWARD TO A STALL ATTITUDE. THIS MANEUVER HAPPENED CLOSE TO THE GROUND NOT ALLOWING FOR CORRECTION BEFORE THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY BOUNCING ON THE NOSE WHEEL THEN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## 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 ERA11CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA077), Oct 17, 2010: Antares MA-33M R582 (N49FP), Rising Fawn, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to relinquish control of the weight-shift control aircraft to the certified flight instructor, which resulted in an 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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