- Date
- June 1, 2023, 07:28 local (12:28 UTC)
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · Cultivated Field
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N133LSRemos G-3/600
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230601009379A
- Case key
- 192284
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 student pilot’s improper flight control inputs and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.
Findings · 4
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 flight instructor and student pilot intended to complete a cross-country flight. During the takeoff roll, the student pilot pitched the nose up to 15° then lowered it to 5° upon request of the instructor. As the takeoff roll continued, the student abruptly applied right rudder and again increased the pitch attitude. The airplane veered to the right and became airborne off the right side of the runway. The instructor took control of the airplane as it began to stall about 20 ft. above ground level. The airplane bounced and the propeller struck the ground, then it porpoised, and came to rest in a field about 1,000 ft. from the runway. The landing gear collapsed, and the elevator sustained substantial damage. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N133LS
- Reported as
- Remos G-3/600
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 217
- Built
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 3,690
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Simply Fly
- Registered owner
- Lsa-Midwest LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 2023 · 49.2 hours before
- Departed
- ARR · Sugar Grove, IL
- Destination
- IKK · Kankakee, IL
- Airport
- ARR · Aurora Municipal Airport, runway 27, 6,501 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display
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
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 10, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 825 total · 22 in this make and model · 704 as pilot in command · 189 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KARR
- METAR
- KARR 011252Z 6SM HZ CLR 22/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02220172
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N133LS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.