- Date
- May 31, 2024, 10:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1314KJordan Harry James Sportsman 2+2
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20240531006879A
- Case key
- 194402
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated he performed a precautionary landing to an off-airport site and after an extended engine run up, he elected to depart. Before departing, he said he walked about 20 ft to check the surface conditions of the takeoff site. During the takeoff roll the right main landing gear struck a hole and rock, the airplane pitched left, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1314K
- Reported as
- Jordan Harry James Sportsman 2+2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 016
- Built
- 2023
- Airframe hours
- 17.1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 6, 2024
- Departed
- PVT · Faribanks, AK
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 25, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 17 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- AEI, 33 nm away
- METAR
- PAEI 310855Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM BKN070 BKN090 09/05 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP133 T00920054 401710065 53001
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.