# Accident 20170619017859A: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, Eugene, OR, June 19, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2017, 18:23 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1217° N, 123.2158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1217&lon=-123.2158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234VA-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vans RV-12 (registry code 060009Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA358) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170619017859A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING SECOND SOLO FLIGHT CONDUCTED THREE PREVIOUS LANDINGS, ONE TOUCH AND GO, AND TWO STOP AND GO PROCEDURES.  ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL FOLLOWING THE SECOND STOP AND GO, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT.  THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND BACK TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY/TAXIWAY SIGN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL.

## 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 GAA17CA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA358), Jun 20, 2017: Vans RV-12 (N234VA), Eugene, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N234VA (1)

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

- [Incident 20170414003459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170414003459I), Apr 14, 2017: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12 (N234VA), Eugene, OR, Minor damage. During a part 141 training flight with a CFI employed by lane community college (EM8S), and a student pilot, at about four miles north of keug, the CFI noticed…

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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