# Incident 20260831011779I: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Hood River, OR, August 31, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2026, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hood River, OR
- Airport: Ken Jernstedt Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6728° N, 121.5339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEN JERNSTEDT AIRFIELD (4S2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6728&lon=-121.5339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612KE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N612KE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,257 total, 332 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260831011779I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED RWY25. ABOUT 60’ ABOVE THE GROUND THE CANOPY OPENED CAUSING THE PLANE TO NOSE VIOLENTLY DOWN.   EVEN WITH FULL AFT ELEVATOR & 2 NOTCHES OF FLAPS, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DECENT.   PLANE LANDED HARD AND HIT NOSE GEAR AND MAINS, BOUNCED ONCE AND WAS ABLE TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY.   PILOT GOT OUT OF PLANE TO ASSESS DAMAGE, FOUND THERE WAS NO PROP OR WING STRIKE, THEN TAXIED PLANE UNDER ITS OWN POWER TO NORTH RAMP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.

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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