# Accident 20210929016849A: Just Aircraft LLC HIGHLANDER, Ozark, AR, September 29, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ozark, AR
- Airport: Byrd'S Backcountry Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6773° N, 93.7327° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6773&lon=-93.7327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419SD-2023-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Just HIGHLANDER (registry code 05901Z3, https://openairdocs.org/model/just-highlander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JUST AIRCRAFT LLC HIGHLANDER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 330 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA471](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA471) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210929016849A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 AT 1400 CST, A HIGHLANDER, EXPERIMENTAL-OPERATING LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT BY JUST AIRCRAFT LLC, N419SD, WAS PRACTICING FOR A SHORT TAKE OFF AND LANDING (STOL) COMPETITION CALLED ARKANSTOL AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, BYRD'S BACKCOUNTRY AIRSTRIP (51AR).  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY "CROSS" (APPROXIMATELY 220 HEADING) AND WAS MAKING A LOW AND SLOW LEFT TURN BACK TO RUNWAY "GRIT" (APPROXIMATELY 360 HEADING).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW AND SLOW IN THE TURN AND STALLED AFTER ENCOUNTERING A GUST OF WIND FROM THE SOUTH, IMPACTING THE GROUND.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD, WEARING A HELMET BUT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS AIR LIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN21LA471](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA471), Sep 29, 2021: Just Highlander (N419SD), West Cobb, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with gusting wind conditions and low-level wind shear on final approach, which resulted in a loss of control, an aerodynamic stall, and a subsequent hard landing.

## Other reports on N419SD (1)

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

- [Incident 20180303001399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180303001399I), Mar 3, 2018: Just Aircraft LLC HIGHLANDER (N419SD), Chehalis, WA, Minor damage. On March 3, 2018, at about 1230 PST, a Just Aircraft LLC operated under FAR part 91 flew from eagles nest, Oregon (OR65) to Chehalis, Washington (cls) and…

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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