# Accident 20140125000229A: Simpson Laurence Ray AMPHIBEOUS TRIKE, Chehalis, WA, January 25, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2014, 15:15 local time
- Place: Chehalis, WA
- Airport: Chehalis-Centralia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6769° N, 122.9828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6769&lon=-122.9828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440LS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440LS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Simpson Laurence Ray AMPHIBEOUS TRIKE (registry code 05627FP, https://openairdocs.org/model/simpson-laurence-ray-amphibeous-trike) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL (registry code 55558, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIMPSON LAURENCE RAY AMPHIBEOUS TRIKE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140125000229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE TOOK OFF FROM CHEHALIS AIRPORT AND NOTICED CRAFT PULLING HARD TO THE LEFT WITH NOTED VIBRATION. LOOKED TO LEFT AND NOTED WING FLAPPING. HAD HARD TIME KEEPING AIRCRAFT FROM DIVING TO THE LEFT. RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND AT TOUCHDOWN, WING DOVE TO THE LEFT CONTACTING THE GROUND, CAUSING THE CRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN.

LEFT WING BATON WAS FOUND ON RUNWAY. THIS CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO LOSE LIFT AND MADE THE AIRCRAFT HARD TO CONTROL.

## 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 WPR14LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA104), Jan 25, 2014: Simpson Amphibeous Trike/No (N440LS), Chehalis, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left wing prong.

## Other reports on N440LS (1)

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

- [Accident 20080923845389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080923845389A), Sep 23, 2008: AMPHIBEOUSTR (N440LS), Chelan, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) After takeoff for first flight of this experimental amateur built weight-shift aircraft, from approximately 100-150 feet, pilot induced a stall/spin, 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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