# Accident 20180727018139A: Flightstar Inc SC II, Painesville, OH, July 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2018, 17:00 local time
- Place: Painesville, OH
- Airport: Concord Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6669° N, 81.1972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6669&lon=-81.1972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N953RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N953RJ-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flightstar SC II (registry code 05902KU, https://openairdocs.org/model/flightstar-sc-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHTSTAR INC SC II
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180727018139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPART CONCORD AIRPARK, DURING THE ATTEPMTED RETURN TO AIRPORT  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE NORTH OF FIELD. PILOT STATED THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION ON TAKING OFF, BUT THEY WERE ONLY TAXIING THE  AIRCRAFT. DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI THE AIRCRAFT WENT AIRBORNE, HE TRIED TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE AIRPORT TO GET IT BACK ON THE GROUND BUT HE COULD NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AND HIT A TREE.

## 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 CEN18LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA301), Jul 27, 2018: Flightstar SC II (N953RJ), Painesville, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain an airspeed below flight speed during a practice taxi run, which resulted in the airplane inadvertently becoming airborne. Once airborne, the reduced engine…

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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