# NTSB ERA11CA329: Remos Remos G-3/600, N13GX, Apoka, FL, June 5, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 5, 2011, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC) - Place: Apoka, FL - Coordinates: 28.704444, -81.575836 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7044&lon=-81.5758&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 17, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 80715 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11CA329 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/80715/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA329 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a hangar. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Post-impact: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The accident flight was the student pilot's first solo flight. The certified flight instructor conducted several landings with the student prior to the solo portion of the flight. During the solo, the student pilot took off without incident and entered the traffic pattern. While on final approach to land, as the student got close to the ground, the aircraft encountered a wind gust that pushed the aircraft to the left. The student pilot stated that he used right aileron to correct for the wind but was unable to stop the drift. The airplane touched down to the left of the runway and then became airborne again. The student pilot then attempted to land on an adjacent taxiway, where the propeller struck a taxiway sign and the left wing impacted a hangar. A postaccident examination revealed that the airplane had incurred substantial damage to the left wing and firewall. There was no evidence of any preimpact failure or malfunction of the airplane or engine. ## Factual narrative The accident flight was the student pilot's first solo flight. The certificated flight instructor conducted several landings with the student prior to the solo portion of the flight. During the solo portion, the student pilot took off without incident and entered the traffic pattern. While on final as the student got close to the ground, the aircraft encountered a gust which pushed the aircraft to the left. The student pilot stated that he used right aileron to correct for wind angle but was unable to stop the drift. The airplane touched down to the left of the runway and then became airborne a second time. The student pilot then stated that he attempted to land on an adjacent taxiway where the propeller struck a taxiway sign and the left wing impacted a hangar. A post accident examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the airplane had incurred substantial damage to the left wing and firewall. There was no evidence of any pre-impact failure or malfunction of the airplane or engine. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N13GX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13GX-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 244, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: REMOS AIRCRAFT GMBH REMOS G-3/600 - Registry model: [Remos REMOS G-3/600](https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-remos-g-3-600) (registry code 0600027) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 244 - Airframe hours: 1834 - Engines: ROTAX 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: First Landings Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Ivanhoe Light Sport LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special); Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 5, 2011 - Departed: X04, Apopka, FL - Destination: X04, Apopka, FL - Airport: X04, Orlando Apopka Airport, runway 33, 3,987 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 21; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 68 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: KLEE, 14 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 20110605010449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110605010449A), Jun 5, 2011: Remos Aircraft Gmbh REMOS G-3/600, Apopka, FL, Substantial damage. Part 61-student pilot on first solo-flight lost control while landing and veered aircraft across runway and taxiway hitting a taxiway sign. Aircraft proceeded… From the NTSB's public API. 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