# Accident 20140530009809A: Brm Aero Sro BRISTELL S-LSA, Boerne, TX, May 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2014, 08:00 local time
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Airport: Boerne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7228° N, 98.6944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7228&lon=-98.6944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N348BL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRM AERO SRO BRISTELL S-LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 58 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140530009809A

## Narrative

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

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TECHNIQUE. THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF THE WING CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO ABRUPTLY ROTATE CAUSING A DISRUPTION OF LIFT, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STALLING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A SLIP, THE LEFT GEAR BROKE OFF FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING. THE INSTRUCTOR IMPUTED RIGHT CONTROL RESULTING THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND. THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING SPARS ARE BENT THE FUSELAGE IS TORN BY THE BROKEN GEAR AND THE FUSELAGE BENT ENOUGH TO FAIL THE MIDSECTION RIVETS ALSO AIRELONS AND ELEVATOR RECEIVED DAMAGE

## 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 CEN14CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA271), May 30, 2014: BRM Aero Sro Bristell S-LSA (N348BL), Boerne, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's failure to regain control of the airplane following the student pilot's initial loss of control of the airplane.

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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