# Incident 20210916015789I: Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, Shelbyville, IL, September 16, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2021, 07:45 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, IL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4113° N, 88.8455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (2H0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4113&lon=-88.8455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N218JD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER (registry code 0600066, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-aircraft-a-s-sportcruiser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT A S SPORTCRUISER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 1 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210916015789I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 CST, N218JD WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AT SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (2H0).  THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF OF RUNWAY 32 WITH THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION ON THE CONTROLS.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT FELT THAT THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WAS PULLING OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AT AN AIRSPEED THAT WAS TOO SLOW.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT THEN APPLIED FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE STICK IN ORDER TO PROMPT THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TO REMAIN IN GROUND EFFECT LONGER IN ORDER TO BUILD MORE AIRSPEED.  THIS LED TO THE TWO PILOTS APPLYING OPPOSITE CONTROL INPUTS.  AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND SKIPPED OFF OF THE INTERSECTING GRASS RUNWAY (RUNWAY 4-22).  THE CONTACT WITH THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE RIGHT AND ENTER A SOYBEAN FIELD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 32.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED MULTIPLE TIMES AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TURNING TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING A  SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED DURING THE INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE UNINJURED.

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