# Accident 20191109020919A: Bray-Bryn LLC SPORTSMAN GS-2, Huntsville, AR, November 9, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2019, 09:10 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0781° N, 93.7550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0781&lon=-93.7550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24EP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRAY-BRYN LLC SPORTSMAN GS-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-390 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 711 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191109020919A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 9, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 0910 CST, N24EP A BRAY-BRYN LLC, SPORTSMAN GS-2 EXPERIMENTAL OPERATING AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO BRAY-BRYN LLC AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 AT THE HUNTSVILLE, AR AIRPORT (H34) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL.  DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT DEPARTING THE TURF RUNWAY INTO SOFT GRASS AND CONTINUED THROUGH A PUDDLE OF STANDING WATER AND MUD, THE AIRCRAFT BECOME AIRBORNE, SETTLED TO THE AIRPORT SURFACE AND OFF AN EMBANKMENT, ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING A LIGHTLY WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET FROM THE EMBANKMENT.   THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 GAA20CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA064), Nov 9, 2019: New Glasair Sportsman GS-2 (N24EP), Huntsville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper pitch control during takeoff from a muddy, turf runway and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in…

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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