# Accident 20120119000629A: M-Squared Aircraft BREESE 2, Bayou La Batre, AL, January 19, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2012, 16:30 local time
- Place: Bayou La Batre, AL
- Airport: Roy E. Ray
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4550° N, 88.2111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4550&lon=-88.2111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N582MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: M-Squared BREESE 2 (registry code 060005C, https://openairdocs.org/model/m-squared-breese-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL-99 (registry code 55559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: M-SQUARED AIRCRAFT BREESE 2
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582UL-99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120119000629A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO.  HE HAD ALREADY COMPLETED ONE TAKEOFF AND ONE LANDING UNEVENTFULLY.  PRIOR TO SOLO HE HAD COMPLETED THREE TOUCH AND GO'S WITH INSTRUCTOR.STUDENT PILOT BEGAN HIS SECOND SOLO TAKEOFF AND  IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION THE PLANE YAWED TO THE RIGHT.  STUDENT PILOT COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRCRAFT FLY STRAIGHT.  STUDENT PILOT CONTINUED TO CLIMB, JUST CLEARING BOTH THE FBO BUILDING AND THE TREES, CONTINUALLY TURNING TO THE RIGHT.  ONCE THE STUDENT PILOT OBTAINED SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE,  APPROX 1000' AGL, HE BEGAN TO TRY AND TROUBLE SHOOT THE ISSUE.  HE MADE ONE APPROACH ATTEMPT AND REALIZED THAT LANDING WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT EACH TIME HE ADDED OR SUBTRACTED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD PITCH UP AND DOWN VIOLENTLY.  STUDENT ALSO REPORTED THAT HIS RIGHT RUDDER WAS INEFFECTIVE (PEDAL WOULD MOVE BACK AND FORTH WITH NO EFFECT) AND HIS LEFT RUDDER WOULD NOT MOVE, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE APPLIED (STUCK IN POSITION).STUDENT DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SAFELY LAND THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED TO DEPLOY THE AIRCRAFT BRS INSTALLED PARACHUTE.  AS HE CIRCLED OVER THE ROY E. RAY AIRPORT THE STUDENT DECIDED THAT TOO MANY HOUSES WERE BELOW SO HE TRIED TO GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT, OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA TO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AWAY.  HE DETERMINED THE WIND DIRECTION FROM SMOKE IN THE DISTANCE AND POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE UPWIND SIDE SO THAT ONCE THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED HE WOULD DRIFT INTO THE FIELD.  STUDENT DEPLOYED THE PARACHUTE BUT FAILED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND THE PARACHUTE INITIALLY DEPLOYED ONLY PARTIALLY.  THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 200' FEET BEFORE THE PARACHUTE OPENED FULLY, ARRESTING HIS DESCENT.  THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND TURNED COUNTER CLOCKWISE AT LEAST ONE FULL TURN BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND.THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA12LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA150), Jan 19, 2012: M-Squared Breese 2 (N582MS), Bayou La Batre, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the rudder control system did not reveal any anomalies that…

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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