- Date
- October 11, 2019, 16:51 local (23:51 UTC)
- Place
- Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N92287Antares MA33
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20191011019479A
- Case key
- 100418
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper release of the throttle and failure to maintain lateral control during takeoff.
Findings · 3
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 student pilot reported that his memory of the accident was "spotty." He added that, during takeoff, the weight-shift-control aircraft climbed to about 30 ft and that his foot slipped off the throttle pedal. The aircraft dove toward the ground in a left bank and impacted terrain. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to both wings.
Factual narrative
***This report was modified on January 9, 2020. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.*** The student pilot reported that his memory of the accident was spotty. He added that, during takeoff, the weight shift control aircraft climbed to about 30 ft and his foot slipped off the throttle pedal. The aircraft dove toward the ground in a left bank and impacted terrain. Two witnesses reported observing the accident from the airport fuel pumps. One witness reported that, during takeoff, once off the ground, the weight shift control aircraft drifted to the left off the runway. It appeared that the student pilot was correcting and drifted back toward the runway. Suddenly, the left wing struck the ground and the aircraft impacted terrain. The second witness reported that the aircraft touched down and flip over. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to both wings. The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about 5 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 030° at 5 knots. The student pilot was departing on runway 02.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92287
- Reported as
- Antares MA33 (582)
- Category
- Weight-shift
- Serial number
- 0242
- Engine
- Rotax 582, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- COE · Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- COE · Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyingto, runway 02, 5,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Remote, Student
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- KCOE
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 214 KB 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.
Other investigations on N92287 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.