20121206029099A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Lsa America ALLEGRO · Adrian, MI · December 6, 2012

Date
December 6, 2012 · 17:15 local
Place
Adrian, MI
Airport
Adrian
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N448SS
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13LA094
Reported as
Lsa America Allegro
Reported engine
ROTAX 912
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor

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.

The CFI and student were performing touch and go and they where on their second approach. The student was having difficulty aligning the aircraft with centerline.

The CFI told the student to perform a go around. The student added power and the aircraft starting rolling and yawing left. The CFI could not over power the student to apply right rudder. The CFI was able to take control of the stick and pushed the nose down and was able to get the wings close to level before the aircraft hit the ground.

The aircraft struck the ground the nose gear departed the aircraft and the right main gear folded under the aircraft and the prop broke off from the hub.

As the FAA filed it

THE CFI AND STUDENT WERE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO AND THEY WHERE ON THEIR SECOND APPROACH. THE STUDENT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY ALIGNING THE AIRCRAFT WITH CENTERLINE.

THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. THE STUDENT ADDED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTING ROLLING AND YAWING LEFT. THE CFI COULD NOT OVER POWER THE STUDENT TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER. THE CFI WAS ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE STICK AND PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE WINGS CLOSE TO LEVEL BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROP BROKE OFF FROM THE HUB.

NTSB investigation

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