# Accident 20120910021589A: Grob-Werke G 120A, September 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2012, 09:20 local time
- Airport: Mobile
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: VJ3S
- Location: 33.1119° N, 112.2692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1119&lon=-112.2692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N863AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N863AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grob-Werke G 120A (registry code 1660208, https://openairdocs.org/model/grob-werke-g-120a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB-WERKE G 120A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 6 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA412) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120910021589A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/10/2012 STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD AN ACCIDENT LOCATED AT 1AZ0 (MOBILE AZ AIRPORT). THIS WAS THE PILOTS 3RD SOLO FLIGHT. NO OTHER PERSONNEL WERE ABOARD. THE CONDITIONS WERE  LIGHT WIND (APPROX 8KNTS) WITH TAKE OFF PLANNED INTO THE WIND.UPON REACHING ROTATION SPEED THE PILOT REPORTS THAT THERE WAS AN APPARENT GUST OF WIND THAT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT. DESPITE TRYING TO CORRECT BACK RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. UPON LEAVING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK DESERT FOLIAGE ON THE LEFT WING AND EVENTUALLY IMPACTED THE GROUND.UPON IMPACT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING DISLODGED, THE REAR LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 WPR12CA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA412), Sep 10, 2012: Grob-Werke G 120A (N863AF), Mobile, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll and the subsequent aborted takeoff in a gusting crosswind.

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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