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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS · Monterey, CA · April 28, 2014

Date
April 28, 2014 · 10:45 local
Place
Monterey, CA
Airport
Monterey Peninsula
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N923LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14CA175
Reported as
Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar Plus
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,750 total41 in this make and model13 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.

privacy data omitted Taxiing N923LA added power instead of reducing power when turning/parking his aircraft in front of his hangar. Lost control and exited the taxiway into the infield causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIING N923LA ADDED POWER INSTEAD OF REDUCING POWER WHEN TURNING/PARKING HIS AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIS HANGAR. LOST CONTROL AND EXITED THE TAXIWAY INTO THE INFIELD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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