# NTSB ERA21LA243: Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, N214RM, Marietta, PA, June 5, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 5, 2021, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Marietta, PA
- Coordinates: 40.092095, -76.57597 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0921&lon=-76.5760&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103235
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21LA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103235/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103235
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA243

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## 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: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=060001T), [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 · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060001T), [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-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot had just purchased the airplane and hired the flight instructor to give him some lessons before he flew home. He took off and performed several maneuvers before coming back to the airport to practice full stop landings. He said the final landing was smooth, but during the rollout, his left foot slipped off the rudder pedal while his right foot was still pressing on the right rudder pedal. The airplane swerved to the right, departed the runway, and came to rest in a wheat field. During the accident sequence, the right main and nose landing gear collapsed, and the lower fuselage and firewall were substantially damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N214RM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N214RM), registered now, S/N 249, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J250-SP
- Registry model: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP](https://openairdocs.org/model/jabiru-usa-sport-j250-sp) (registry code 060001T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jabiru 3300](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (registry code 34801, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 249
- Year built: 2006
- Airframe hours: 1976
- Engines: JABIRU 3300 120 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 21, 2021, 10 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: N71, Donegal Springs Airpark, runway 28, 3,250 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 66; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 20, 2020; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 4,700 total, 40 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 19, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 178 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Icing: Clear
- Observed at: MDT, 11 nm away
- METAR: KMDT 051656Z 31011G17KT 10SM FEW110 32/14 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T03170139 $

## 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 20210605020449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210605020449A), Jun 5, 2021: Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft LLC J250-SP, Marietta, PA, Substantial damage. I was contacted by [privacy data omitted], to ascertain whether I would be interested in flying with him in the airplane he had just purchased. Although a…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 1, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103235. 3.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12376020&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, flight instructor (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 124 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12375452&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Interview-CFI-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 125 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12502944&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Interview-pilot-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photos (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 731 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12376438&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20photo%27s-Rel.pdf

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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