# Accident 20160902013729A: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Delaware, OH, September 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2016, 09:40 local time
- Place: Delaware, OH
- Airport: Delaware Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2797° N, 83.1156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2797&lon=-83.1156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N904LA-2018-03-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 709 total, 43 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA529](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA529) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160902013729A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/02/2016 AT ABOUT 0940 (LOCAL), N904LA (A 2007 EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS SPORTSTAR, SERIAL NUMBER 20070904), LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING AND VEERED LEFT OFF THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 10 AT THE DELAWARE AIRPORT (KDLZ). THE LIGHT-SPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, WITH NO INJURY TO THE STUDENT PILOT. THIS WAS THE STUDENT PILOT?S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.

CORRECTIVE ACTION: STUDENT PILOT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON LANDING AND LANDING ROLLOUT TECHNIQUE PRIOR TO ANY FUTURE SOLO FLIGHTS.

## 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 GAA16CA529](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA529), Sep 2, 2016: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar (N904LA), Delaware, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadequate compensation for the quartering tailwind on landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

## Other reports on N904LA (2)

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

- [Accident 20120826023839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120826023839A), Aug 26, 2012: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR (N904LA), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot was taxiing the aircraft on taxiway bravo at the cmh airport, when the right hand brake failed, causing him to lose directional control. The aircraft…
- [Incident 20120506008819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120506008819I), May 6, 2012: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR (N904LA), Delaware, OH, No damage. Upon landing on runway 10 at dlz the left hand wheel assembly departed the aircraft. The aircraft skidded to a stop and the flight instructor and student…

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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