# Accident 20120812017699A: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Lebanon, PA, August 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2012, 10:35 local time
- Place: Lebanon, PA
- Airport: Deck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3522° N, 76.3297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3522&lon=-76.3297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N633EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N633EV-2013-04-15) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA506](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA506) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120812017699A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT FAILED TO LOCK THE AIRPLANE CANOPY BEFORE TAKEOFF. ON TAKEOFF ROLL HE REALIZED THIS, ATTEMPTED TO LOCK IT, AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A PROPANE TANK.

## 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 ERA12CA506](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA506), Aug 12, 2012: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar (N633EV), Myerstown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's decision to continue the takeoff roll while trying to secure an open canopy and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was 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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