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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR · Osage Beach, MO · September 1, 2013

Date
September 1, 2013 · 09:40 local
Place
Osage Beach, MO
Airport
Grand Glaize-Osage Beach Airpo
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N407EV
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA521
Reported as
Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
63 total40 in this make and model11 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.

Pilot departed K15 and, after takeoff, local wind gusts pushed the aircraft to the west of the runway and caused the aircraft to impact trees on the northwest corner of the airport.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED K15 AND, AFTER TAKEOFF, LOCAL WIND GUSTS PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE WEST OF THE RUNWAY AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT TREES ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

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