# NTSB CEN10CA239: Remos G-3/600, N265RA, Fort Worth, TX, May 5, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 5, 2010, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC) - Place: Fort Worth, TX - Coordinates: 32.987499, -97.318611 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9875&lon=-97.3186&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 21, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 75939 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA239 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75939/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75939 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA239 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s loss of control and the instructor’s delayed remedial action. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Wind: variable wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis Shortly after takeoff the student pilot experienced trouble controlling the light sport airplane. The flight instructor took over the controls and, believing that the airplane’s flight controls might have been malfunctioning, elected to land on the remaining runway. The fiberglass airplane impacted the runway hard, which resulted in a propeller strike and the collapse of the nose landing gear and left main landing gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway in an upright and left-wing-low position. Following an engine shutdown, the instructor and student were able to exit unassisted. Around the time of the accident the wind was shifting back and forth from a quartering headwind to a quartering tailwind. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane and reported that no preimpact anomalies were noted with the airplane’s flight controls. ## Factual narrative Shortly after takeoff the student pilot experienced trouble controlling the light sport airplane. The flight instructor took over the controls and, believing that the airplane’s flight controls might have been malfunctioning, elected to land on the remaining runway. The fiberglass airplane impacted the runway hard, which resulted in a propeller strike and the collapse of the nose landing gear and left main landing gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway in an upright and left-wing-low position. Following an engine shutdown, the instructor and student were able to exit unassisted. Around the time of the accident the wind was shifting back and forth from a quartering headwind to a quartering tailwind. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane and reported that no preimpact anomalies were noted with the airplane’s flight controls. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N265RA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N265RA), registered now, S/N 229, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: REMOS AIRCRAFT GMBH G-3/600 - Registry model: [Remos G-3/600](https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-g-3-600) (registry code 060004I) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 229 - Airframe hours: 730 - Engines: ROTAX 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: U S Aviation Group LLC - Registered owner: U S Aviation Group LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 13, 2010 - Departed: AFW, Fort Worth, TX - Destination: AFW, Fort Worth, TX - Airport: AFW, Fort Worth Alliance, runway 16L, 9,600 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 64; injuries: none; flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 4, 2009; seat: right; flight hours: 3,018 total, 517 in this make and model, 2,988 as pilot in command, 103 in the last 90 days, 46 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 29.85 inHg - Observed at: AFW ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100505033249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100505033249A), May 5, 2010: Remos Aircr G-3/600, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. The student pilot and flight instructor where conducting touch and go's at kafw .the student pilot departed runway 16 left at Alliance Fort Worth airport while… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 23, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75939. 2.2 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40333147&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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