# NTSB CEN23LA260: Sharp Glennis Escapade, N907ML, Bolivar, MO, June 23, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 23, 2023, 10:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: Bolivar, MO
- Coordinates: 37.594112, -93.347916 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5941&lon=-93.3479&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA260
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192452/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192452
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA260

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during a soft-field takeoff after encountering a wind gust.

## 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 · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Sharp Glennis ESCAPADE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05627O1), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Sharp Glennis ESCAPADE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=05627O1), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Sharp Glennis ESCAPADE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=05627O1), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was performing a soft-field takeoff from a grass runway when the airplane encountered a wind gust shortly after rotation. The pilot reported that the wind gust pushed up the airplane’s nose and moved the airplane sideways. The left wing impacted the terrain, then the right wing and forward fuselage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and forward fuselage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N907ML](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N907ML), registered now, S/N JAESC 0066 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHARP GLENNIS ESCAPADE
- Registry model: [Sharp Glennis ESCAPADE](https://openairdocs.org/model/sharp-glennis-escapade) (registry code 05627O1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jabiru 2200](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-2200) (registry code 34800, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: JAESC 0066
- Year built: 2009
- Airframe hours: 222
- Engines: Jabaru 2200A 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, November 30, 2020
- Airport: M17, Bolivar Muni, runway 18, 1,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,674 total, 74 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: KSGF, 21 nm away
- METAR: KSGF 231552Z 21004KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02830189

## 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 20230623006999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230623006999A), Jun 23, 2023: Sharp Glennis ESCAPADE, Bolivar, MO, Substantial damage. The pilot elected to conduct a takeoff to the south from the grass surface 150 feet west of runway 18 at the Bolivar Municipal Airport at approximately 1010 am…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192452. 6.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 5.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15740872&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Report%202023_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 978 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15741435&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.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.

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