# Incident 20160225020589I: The Air Plane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING, Carson City, NV, February 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2016, 13:15 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1638° N, 119.7674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carson City, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1638&lon=-119.7674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airplane Factory Ltd The SLING (registry code 060009A, https://openairdocs.org/model/airplane-factory-ltd-the-sling) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THE AIR PLANE FACTORY (PTY) LTD SLING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160225020589I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ENDORSED FOR FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT AT CXP ON RUNWAY 09. STUDENT PILOT HAD FLOWN TWICE AROUND THE CXP TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH NO PROBLEMS. ON HIS NEXT TAKE-OFF ROLL, HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF CROSSWIND AND MISMANAGED THE CONTROLS, DEPARTED THERUNWAY INTO THE WIND AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE.

NOTE: SUPPLEMENT TO ATQA REPORT AWP1916015. NTSB CHANGED ACCIDENT TO AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N288SL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20181025020859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181025020859A), Oct 25, 2018: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd The SLING (N288SL), Carson City, NV, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed cxp at approximately 1005PST. Student pilot on second solo flight entered left traffic for touch and go. Pilot touched down nose low with a…
- [Incident 20170512005369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170512005369I), May 12, 2017: Slingsby SLNSBY-43 (N288SL), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. During landing airplane porpoised on landing which caused the nose gear strut to fold up under the fuselage belly. Which resulted in the prop strike.

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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