# NTSB CHI83LA290: Eipper MX-2, N38802, Pylmouth, IN, July 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1983, 19:40 local (Jul 15, 1983, 00:40 UTC)
- Place: Pylmouth, IN
- Coordinates: 41.339138, -86.309738 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3391&lon=-86.3097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12242
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA290
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12242/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA290

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, dual student (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Nose down, takeoff - roll/run

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EIPPER MX-2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 17
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830714032949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830714032949A), Jul 14, 1983: Amtr MX2, Plymouth, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot used incorrect control movements during takeoff resulting in aircraft flipping inverted.

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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