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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airborne Windsports PTY EDGE XT-912-L · Sebring, FL · October 18, 2014

Date: October 18, 2014 · 15:15 local
Place: Sebring, FL
Airport: Sebring Regional
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N29ME
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA15CA020
Reported as: Airborne Windsports PTY Edge XT-912-L
Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N29MERegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2015 · Airborne Windsports PTY EDGE XT-912-LS/N XT-912-0334 · Built 2009 Airframe modelAirborne Windsports PTY EDGE XT-912-L Engine modelRotax 912UL series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot unable to counteract his student?s inputs into the weight shift controls which cause the aircraft to have a hard landing, caused substantial damage to the wing spar and tail control surfaces.

Pilot statement: after takeoff the wing control of this weight shift control aircraft was restricted by student input. The induced roll and a reduction in power resulted in a beside the runway hard landing

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO COUNTERACT HIS STUDENT?S INPUTS INTO THE WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROLS WHICH CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO HAVE A HARD LANDING, CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING SPAR AND TAIL CONTROL SURFACES.

PILOT STATEMENT: AFTER TAKEOFF THE WING CONTROL OF THIS WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROL AIRCRAFT WAS RESTRICTED BY STUDENT INPUT. THE INDUCED ROLL AND A REDUCTION IN POWER RESULTED IN A BESIDE THE RUNWAY HARD LANDING

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA15CA020Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSebring, FLThe student pilot's inadvertent interference with the weight-shift capability of the airplane during the initial climb, resulting in a loss of airplane control and hard landing.Oct 18, 2014 · Substantial damage