# Accident 20161021013899A: Gross Ryan W ARION LIGHTNING, Mesa, AZ, October 21, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235SC-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gross Ryan W ARION LIGHTNING (registry code 056281M, https://openairdocs.org/model/gross-ryan-w-arion-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROSS RYAN W ARION LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161021013899A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 19:45 LOCAL TIME THE ATCT AUTHORIZED THIS AIRCRAFT TO DEPART RUNWAY, FOUR RIGHT.   WITNESS HEARD AND SAW PILOT POWERING UP AIRCRAFT TO START TAKE OFF ROLL.  ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL STRONG AND APPEARED TO BE MAKING POWER.  UPON LIFT-OFF AIRCRAFT POPS UP LEVEL THEN DECELERATES WITH SLIGHT SINK. WITNESS HEARS POWER ADDED THEN WITNESSES AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY CLIMB WITH A LEFT ROLL. THEN WITNESS HEARS DECELERATION  OF THE ENGINE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT BEGINS TO SINK WHILE SLIGHTLY ROLLING RIGHT AND THEN CORRECTING BY YAWING LEFT.  THEN THE WITNESS HEARS  ANOTHER POWER INCREASE WITH AIRCRAFT MAKING A HARD ROLL TO THE LEFT WHILE AIRCRAFT CONTINUES TO SINK. THE LEFT WING OF THIS AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE DIRT,  LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, FOUR RIGHT, WHICH SPUN THE AIRCRAFT 1/4 TURN AROUND COMING TO REST OFF OF TAXI WAY B.   APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER, CANOPY OPENS AND PILOT EXITS AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR17LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA015), Oct 22, 2016: Ryan W Gross Arion Lighting (N235SC), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff/initial climb due to his inexperience in the airplane make and model and his refusal to obtain training in the airplane.

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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