# Accident 20140912017289A: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Sheridan, IL, September 12, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2014, 15:33 local time
- Place: Sheridan, IL
- Airport: Cushing Field Ltd
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5239° N, 88.6047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5239&lon=-88.6047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N800NW-2018-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 800 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA499) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140912017289A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N800NW, AN EVEKTOR SPORTSTAR, A LIGHT AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED CUSHING FIELD (08C) IN ILLINOIS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 36 ON A NORTHERLY HEADING.  THE PIC OF THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STALL/SPIN CONDITION AND STRUCK POWER LINES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST BESIDE A ROAD LOCATED BETWEEN THE POWER LINES AND CUSHING FIELD.

THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA499), Sep 12, 2014: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar (N800NW), Newark, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot did not maintain proper airspeed during the simulated emergency landing and failed to relinquish control to the flight instructor when the flight instructor attempted to intervene,…

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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