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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Arion LIGHTNING LS-1 · Ghent, NY · April 30, 2012

Date
April 30, 2012 · 17:31 local
Place
Ghent, NY
Airport
Klinekill
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N782MD
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12CA313
Reported as
Arion Lightning LS-1
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
33,000 total107 in this make and model6 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.

While attempting to take off, aircraft hit bump on grass runway and became air born while under flying speed. The aircraft decended into a left turn and crashed into trees located to the left of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT HIT BUMP ON GRASS RUNWAY AND BECAME AIR BORN WHILE UNDER FLYING SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT DECENDED INTO A LEFT TURN AND CRASHED INTO TREES LOCATED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.