# Accident 20120611010509A: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Greenwood, IN, June 11, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2012, 09:35 local time
- Place: Greenwood, IN
- Airport: Greenwood Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6275° N, 86.0881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6275&lon=-86.0881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902LA-2025-08-18) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 35 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120611010509A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO. ON THE THIRD TAKEOFF HE HAD OVER CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER FOR THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE PROCEEDED TO OVER CORRECT AGAIN WITH THE LEFT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE DOING THIS THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19, IMPACTING THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND FUSELAGE.

## 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 CEN12CA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA356), Jun 11, 2012: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar (N902LA), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff.

## Other reports on N902LA (1)

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

- [Incident 20090718020049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090718020049I), Jul 18, 2009: Amtr SPORTSTAR (N902LA), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. July 17,2009 a flat tire on N902LA was replaced by the pilot. July 18, 2009 at 1130 during pilot training, flight instructor was demonstrating landing at the…

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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