- Date
- September 29, 2012, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Goshen, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N582JJabiru USA Sport J170-SP
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120929023079A
- Case key
- 85170
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Probable cause
The student pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a 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 student pilot stated that he was practicing a soft-field takeoff, and as soon as the nose wheel lifted off the runway, the airplane veered to the left. The student pilot tried to correct the left turn by applying right rudder and aileron but was unsuccessful. The airplane departed the runway surface and came to rest, nose down on a parallel taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine nose wheel area, both wings, and the fuselage. The student pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The student pilot stated that he was practicing a soft field takeoff and as soon as the nose wheel lifted off from the runway, the airplane veered to the left. The student pilot tried to correct the turn by applying right rudder and aileron, but was unsuccessful. The airplane departed the runway surface and came to rest nose down on a parallel taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine nose wheel area, both wings, and the fuselage. The student pilot did not report any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N582J
- Reported as
- Jabiru USA Sport J170-SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 89
- Airframe hours
- 1,114
- Engine
- Jabiru 2200, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jabiru Horizons LLC
- Registered owner
- Jabiru Horizons LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 2012
- Departed
- KGSH · Goshen, IN
- Destination
- KGSH · Goshen, IN
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KGSH · Goshen Municipal, runway 27, 6,050 × 100 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 26 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- KGSH
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 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.