- Date
- August 4, 2011, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- East Troy, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N577JPAerosport Ikarus C42E
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-Milwaukee FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110804016799A
- Case key
- 81398
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Probable cause
The flight instrctor's delayed remedial action during landing. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s loss of directional control when he became distracted with the open door.
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 student pilot reported that the accident landing was his fourth landing. He said that the landing was hard and the airplane bounced. He stated that he added power and about the same time, his door came open. He said that he initially ignored the door, but thought that the open door was causing the airplane to yaw to the left. He then tried to close the door, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and struck a ditch. The flight instructor reported no preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
On August 4, 2011, about 1830 central daylight time, an Aerosport Ikarus C42E, N577JP, landed hard and subsequently went off the left side of the runway and struck a ditch resulting in substantial damage. The airplane was landing on runway 8 at the East Troy Municipal Airport, East Troy, Wisconsin, when the accident occurred. The student pilot and the flight instructor were not injured. The airplane was registered to Tenerelli LLC, and operated as an instructional flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual flight rules (VFR) conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operating on a flight plan. The local flight originated about 1750. The certificated flight instructor reported that the student pilot made a hard landing and the airplane bounced and became airborne again. He said that the student reached for the door and the airplane then yawed off the left side of the runway and impacted a ditch. The flight instructor listed no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane. The student pilot reported that the accident landing was his fourth landing. He said that the landing was hard and the airplane bounced. He stated that he added power and at about the same time, his door came open. He said that he initially ignored the door but felt that the open door was causing the airplane to yaw to the left. He then tried to close the door and the airplane went off of the runway. The student pilot listed "unknown" in regard to any mechanical malfunctions of the airplane. Examination of the airplane after the accident revealed propeller damage, separated left main landing gear, collapsed nose landing gear, a fractured main keel tube in the fuselage, and a bent fuselage. No preimpact anomalies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N577JP
- Reported as
- Aerosport Ikarus C42E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0605-6816
- Airframe hours
- 777
- Engine
- Bombardier 912, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott Schuh
- Registered owner
- Tenerelli LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 2011
- Departed
- 57C · East Troy, WI
- Destination
- 57C · East Troy, WI
- Airport
- 57C · East Troy Municipal Airport, runway 08, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 23, 2011
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,019 total · 21 in this make and model · 829 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- BUU, 8 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.7 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.