# Accident 20240720014409A: Evolution Aircraft Inc REVOLT, Rochelle, IL, July 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2024, 17:45 local time
- Place: Rochelle, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8897° N, 89.0909° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8897&lon=-89.0909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N798EE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT INC REVOLT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 130 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240720014409A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2024, AT APPROXIMATLEY 1745 LOCAL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 25 AT ROCHELLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KRPJ).

SHORTLY AFTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BECAME AIRBORNE THE PILOT EXECUTED A SHARP RIGHT TURN LOW OVER A BEAN FIELD. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE CROPS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH. SEVERE INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

UPON IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING. THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE WING TUBING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WING SAIL SURFACE HAS MULTIPLE LARGE TEARS CONSISTANT WITH 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 CEN24LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA279), Jul 21, 2024: Evolution Revolt (N798EE), Rochelle, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance during a low-level turn, that resulted in an impact with the ground.

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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