# Incident 20111020026509I: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Red Creek, AZ, October 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Red Creek, AZ
- Airport: Red Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1601° N, 111.7267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Red Creek Airstrip, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1601&lon=-111.7267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N636EV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N636EV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 655 total, 237 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111020026509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN RED CREEK, AZ ON AN UNPAVED RUNWAY. THE PILOT LANDED HARD AND THE NOSE WHEEL SUSTAINED DAMAGE. DUE TO THE DAMAGE, THERE WAS NOT PROPER NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.THE PILOT STATED THAT ABOUT 20 FEET OVER THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SINK RAPIDLY, POSSIBLY DUE TO A DOWNDRAFT. THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO HIS AIRSPEED. HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND BUT DID NOT.THE PILOT STATED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THAT AIRCRAFT INTO THAT AIRPORT, IT IS AT A HIGH ALTITUDE AND UNPAVED. THE AIRCRAFT IS KNOWN FOR ITS POOR NOSE WHEEL CONSTRUCTION AND LACKS THE ENGINE POWER TO ESCAPE POTENTIALY HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS.

## Other reports on N636EV (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140719011589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140719011589A), Jul 19, 2014: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR (N636EV), Wichita Falls, TX, Substantial damage. On July 19, 2014, at 1600Z, an Evektor-aerotechnikas, Sportstar, registered to a private owner, lost power and the aircraft landed in a field. The aircraft was…
- [Accident 20110508008869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110508008869A), May 8, 2011: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR (N636EV), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. On 5/8/11 at the sdl airport the student pilot lost control of the light sport Sportstar aircraft on the takeoff roll. The aircraft departed the runway and…

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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