# NTSB ERA11CA077: Antares MA-33M R582, N49FP, Rising Fawn, GA, October 17, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 17, 2010, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Rising Fawn, GA - Coordinates: 34.904724, -85.459724 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9047&lon=-85.4597&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor - Status: Completed, report June 8, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 77927 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11CA077 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77927/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77927 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA077 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to relinquish control of the weight-shift control aircraft to the certified flight instructor, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. ## 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 · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Antares MA-33M R582, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05901ZV), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Antares MA-33M R582, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=05901ZV), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Antares MA-33M R582, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=05901ZV), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Antares MA-33M R582, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05901ZV), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The rear-seated student pilot was taking off in the experimental light sport weight-shift control airplane with a certified flight instructor (CFI) seated in the front seat. According to the CFI, the aircraft lifted off the runway and began to drift to the left toward an airport windsock. He told the student pilot that he was assuming control and attempted to correct the flight path and climb, but the student pilot remained frozen on the controls. The aircraft pitched up rapidly, stalled, and impacted the ground left wing first. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot stated that he remained on the controls during the entire accident sequence and he was not aware that the CFI was attempting to assume control of the aircraft. The pilots reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the aircraft that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The rear-seated student pilot was taking off in the experimental light sport weight-shift control airplane with a flight instructor seated in the front seat. According to the flight instructor, the aircraft lifted off the runway and began to drift to the left toward an airport windsock. He told the student pilot that he was assuming control and attempted to correct the flight path and climb, but the student pilot remained frozen on the control bar. The control bar pressure then reversed, and the aircraft suddenly pitched up rapidly, stalled, and impacted the ground left wing first. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot stated that he remained on the controls during the entire accident sequence and he was not aware that the flight instructor was attempting to assume control of the aircraft. Neither pilot reported any mechanical malfunctions during the flight. The flight instructor reported 308 hours of total flight experience, which included 17 hours in the same make and model as the accident aircraft. The student pilot reported that he had previously held a private pilot certificate and accumulated about 175 hours in single-engine airplanes, but he had not actively flown for about 24 years. At the time of the accident, he had accumulated about 5 hours in weight-shift control aircraft. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N49FP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49FP), registered now, S/N 80207 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: ANTARES MA-33M R582 - Registry model: [Antares MA-33M R582](https://openairdocs.org/model/antares-ma-33m-r582) (registry code 05901ZV) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 582DCDI](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (registry code 55562, 2 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Weight-shift - Serial number: 80207 - Airframe hours: 120 - Engines: ROTAX 582DCDI 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Lookout Mountain Flight Park - Registered owner: Lookout Mountain Flight Park - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, December 1, 2009, 16 hours before - Departed: 0GE3, Rising Fawn, GA - Destination: 0GE3, Rising Fawn, GA - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: 0GE3, Lookout Mountain, runway 24, 2,000 × 50 ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 30; injuries: minor; private, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: front; flight hours: 308 total, 17 in this make and model, 248 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 67; injuries: serious; airplane ratings: single-engine land; seat: rear; flight hours: 175 total, 1 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: CHA, 15 nm away ## 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 20101017053839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101017053839A), Oct 17, 2010: Antares MA-33M R582, Rising Fawn, GA, Substantial damage. Reported by front seat pilot he was riding along on a refresher flight as the back seat pilot had not flown as PIC of Antares ma 33M weight shift. The back… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 26, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77927. 674 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 505 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340440&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Statements and Memorandums (item 2, .PDF, 152 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40341151&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statements%20and%20Memorandums-Redacted.PDF - Local Weather Observations (item 3, .PDF, 18 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40341152&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Local%20Weather%20Observations-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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