- Date
- June 6, 2018, 09:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place
- Springdale, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N748JJabiru USA Sport J230-SP
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180606015349A
- Case key
- 97416
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Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The solo student pilot reported that, during takeoff, the airplane started to veer left. He attempted to recover with right rudder input, but the airplane continued to veer left, departed the runway, and then came to rest in a ditch against the perimeter fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left lift strut. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The solo student pilot reported that, during takeoff, the airplane started to veer to the left. He attempted to recover with right rudder input but airplane continued to veer left, departed the runway and came to rest in a ditch against the perimeter fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left lift strut. The student pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N748J
- Reported as
- Jabiru USA Sport J230-SP (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 727
- Built
- 2011
- Airframe hours
- 316.6
- Engine
- Jabiru 3300, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Real Time Engineering PA
- Registered owner
- Real Time Engineering PA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2018
- Departed
- ASG · Springdale, AR
- Destination
- 7M5 · Ozark, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ASG · Springdale Muni, runway 18, 5,302 × 76 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Last flight review
- June 4, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 22 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KASG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 4, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.