- Date
- July 27, 2024, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carter, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N854Roberts Jeff Super RV8
- 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
- 20240727010779A
- Case key
- 194795
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 pilots encounter with a shifting winds during takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion.
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 that during takeoff he encountered a crosswind that shifted to a tailwind. The airplane veered left and exited the side of the runway. Both wings sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N854
- Reported as
- Roberts Jeff Super RV8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 81273
- Built
- 2002
- Airframe hours
- 1,650.3
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-EXP, 365 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · July 13, 2023
- Departed
- KFBR · Fort Bridger, WY
- Destination
- KELY · Ely, NV
- Airport
- FBR · Fort Bridger, runway 04/22, 6,404 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B
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
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 12, 2024
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 20,898 total · 1,206 in this make and model · 16,132 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Observed at
- FBR
- METAR
- KFBR 272315Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND W T02320062
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 13.5 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.