- Date
- July 14, 1983, 19:40 local (Jul 15, 1983, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Pylmouth, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38802Eipper MX-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830714032949A
- Case key
- 12242
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was taking off for dual instruction when a gust of wind picked up the wing and the aircraft cartwheeled ending on the nose and rt. Wing. The instructor stated that as the acft accelerated a sudden gust of wind caught the acft from the left. The student reacted by pulling back and left on the stick. The acft had not accelerated enough to climb and the left wing came up. The acft veered rt so the instructor took over and added power to clear the lights. The wind thenpicked up the left wing and cartwheeled the acft to the rt. The acft came to rest semi-inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38802
- Reported as
- Eipper MX-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 17
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skystream, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 12, 1983 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- C65 · Plymouth Municipal, runway 28, 3,500 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 17 in this make and model · 663 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 1 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.