# Accident 20160216007779A: Evolution REVO, Buckeye, AZ, February 16, 2016 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 16, 2016, 13:52 local time - Place: Buckeye, AZ - Airport: Buckeye - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.4206° N, 112.6861° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4206&lon=-112.6861&mi=10 - Aircraft: N107SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107SB-2016-07-11) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Evolution REVO (registry code 060009B, https://openairdocs.org/model/evolution-revo) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: EVOLUTION REVO - Reported engine: ROTAX 912 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA071) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160216007779A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 0 HOURS OR TRAINING IN MAKE/ MODEL 02/16/2016 EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT REVO WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROL, N107SB, DEPARTED RUNWAY 17 AT BXK, THEN DESCENDED, CONTACTED THE GROUND VERY HARD, THEN CONTINUED IN MOTION APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET UNTIL COMING TO A STOP ON ITS SIDE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. TWO EYEWITNESSES SUBMITTED ACCOUNTS OF THE ACCIDENT: EYEWITNESS 1 WAS THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^: STATED THE LEFT WING DIPPED, THEN THE NOSE WENT UP TO NEAR VERTICAL, THEN SKIDDED OVER TO THE RIGHT (LIKE A HAMMERHEAD) THEN APPEARED TO TURN UPSIDE DOWN RETURNED TO THE GROUND. HE STATED ON VERTICAL THE POWER REDUCED (THROTTLE IS A FOOT PEDAL). EYEWITNESS 2: STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LIFT OFF SLOW, TILTED TO THE LEFT, THEN BACK TO THE RIGHT, THEN THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN IN THE RIGHT BANK. SHE STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED 15-20 FEET OFF THE GROUND, COMPARING THE HEIGHT TO THE RELATIVE WINGSPAN OF THE AIRCRAFT. EYEWITNESS 2 DOES NOT RECALL THE AIRCRAFT ROLLING UPSIDE DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE PILOT HAD NEVER FLOWN THIS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FLYING ONCE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, NOR ONE LIKE IT BEFORE. HE STATED THE PILOT CONVINCED HIM HE WAS CAPABLE OF FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE TOOK THE PILOT ON ONE FLIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, AND THE PILOT GOT ABOUT 10 TO 20 SECONDS OF HANDS ON FLYING TIME DURING THAT FLIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS FLIGHT (SPORT PILOT PRIVILEGES) LAST MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED FOR THIS AIRMAN WAS IN 2004. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT WAS STATED BY A FORMER SPOUSE THAT THIS PILOT "WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT 10 TO 12 YEARS AGO THAT LEFT HIM WITH MAJOR INJURIES REQUIRING 1-2 YEARS OF REHABILITATION, AND CONTINUING HEADACHES AND BACK PAIN." ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## 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 WPR16LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA071), Feb 16, 2016: Evolution Revo (N107SB), Buckeye, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to operate the high-performance aircraft despite warnings from a flight instructor that he did not have the experience to operate the aircraft that had different and… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.