# NTSB CHI08CA122: Evektor Aerotechnik SportStar Plus, N930LA, Greenwood, IN, April 29, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 29, 2008, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Greenwood, IN - Coordinates: 39.620277, -86.088607 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6203&lon=-86.0886&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) operating: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 23, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 68067 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA122 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68067/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA122 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during engine run-up. ## 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 · Flight crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060004N), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=060004N), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Standing-engine(s) operating: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=060004N), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was preparing to do the engine run-up of the light-sport airplane by increasing the engine to 4,000 rpms. He reported that his right foot slipped off the brake pedal and his foot partially came out of his shoe. While attempting to reset his foot in his shoe, he released the brake. The airplane turned and went off the paved surface and into a cornfield. The front of the airplane sustained substantial damage when the front wheel/gear struck the field. ## Factual narrative The student pilot was preparing to do the engine run-up of the light-sport airplane by increasing the engine rpm's to 4,000 rpm's. He reported that his right foot slipped off the brake pedal and his foot partially came out of his shoe. While attempting to reset his foot in his shoe, he released the brake. The airplane turned and went off the paved surface and went into a cornfield. The front of the airplane sustained substantial damage when the front wheel/gear struck the field. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N930LA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N930LA-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 20070930, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Evektor Aerotechnik SportStar Plus - Registry model: [Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS](https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar-plus) (registry code 060004N) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20070930 - Airframe hours: 109 - Engines: Rotax 912 ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Kevin S. Bandy - Registered owner: Fast Track Flight LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2008 - Departed: HFY, Greenwood, IN - Destination: Greenwood, IN - Airport: HFY, Greenwood Municipal, runway 10 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 44; student; medical: sport pilot; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## Other investigations on N930LA (1) 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. - [NTSB CEN10FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA141), Mar 5, 2010: Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar Plus (N930LA), Marysville, OH, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to initiate and continue a flight into instrument meteorological conditions that led to spatial disorientation and a loss of control during cruise flight. 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. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.