# Accident 20110810016699A: Aircraft Mfg & Design LLC CH750 STOL, Carson City, NV, August 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2011, 08:30 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2525° N, 119.7689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2525&lon=-119.7689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N799US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N799US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Design CH750 STOL (registry code 060006P, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-design-ch750-stol) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRCRAFT MFG & DESIGN LLC CH750 STOL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 60 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA360) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110810016699A

## Narrative

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

COMMERCIAL PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS UNDER INSTRUCTION FOR A CHECK OUT IN A STOL 750LS SPECIAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT BY  CFI ELROY DEVOLL, CERT # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. CFI HAD THE STUDENT DOING MANEUVERS @ APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET AGL THEN DESCENDED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL FOR A SIMULATED LANDING.  THE CFI WAS INITIATING CORRECTIONS TO THE PITCH OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE STUDENT WAS COUNTER CORRECTING.  THE CFI DECIDED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GETTING TO SLOW AND PROMPLY ADDED POWER TO CORRECT AIRCRAFTS SLOW DESCENT BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND, REPORTABLY INCOUNTERING  A DOWN DRAFT, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A 3 POINT ATTITUDE.  AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL OUT THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO BREAK THROUGH THE HARD  DIRT CRUST AND COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT STRAIGHT OVER ON ITS BACK AND CAME TO REST.  BOTH CFI AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 WPR11CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA360), Aug 10, 2011: Aircraft Mfg & Design CH750 Stol (N799US), New Washoe City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot under instruction's control interference and the CFI's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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