# Accident 20240211001389A: Evektor-Aerotechnik A S HARMONY LSA, Santa Ana, CA, February 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LNOS
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N377YG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N377YG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik A S HARMONY LSA (registry code 0600080, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-a-s-harmony-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK A S HARMONY LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 18 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240211001389A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR24LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA085), Feb 11, 2024: Evektor-Aerotechnik A S Harmony LSA (N377YG), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of airplane control due to wake turbulence resulting from the instructor pilot’s decision to continue the landing into a drifting wake vortex.

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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