20240211001389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Evektor-Aerotechnik A S HARMONY LSA · Santa Ana, CA · February 11, 2024

Date
February 11, 2024 · 10:30 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LNOS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N377YG
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR24LA085
Reported as
Evektor-Aerotechnik A S Harmony LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
448 total18 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Subject aircraft was performing pattern work and preparing for landing, the subject aircraft was notified by ATC of a Boeing 757 on a 2.5 mile final approach. Visual confirmation of the 757 was provided by the pilot. Following this, a wake turbulence cautionary was communicated by ATC, to which an acknowledgment was given. With the subject aircraft on shirt final, approxamately 40 seconds after the^Boeing 757'S touchdown, the subject aircraft initiated a right roll that resulted in ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING PATTERN WORK AND PREPARING FOR LANDING, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS NOTIFIED BY ATC OF A BOEING 757 ON A 2.5 MILE FINAL APPROACH. VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE 757 WAS PROVIDED BY THE PILOT. FOLLOWING THIS, A WAKE TURBULENCE CAUTIONARY WAS COMMUNICATED BY ATC, TO WHICH AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT WAS GIVEN. WITH THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT ON SHIRT FINAL, APPROXAMATELY 40 SECONDS AFTER THE^BOEING 757'S TOUCHDOWN, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT INITIATED A RIGHT ROLL THAT RESULTED IN GROUND IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.