- Date
- June 24, 2021, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carson City, NV · On airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8003KAirborne Australia XT582
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210624008159A
- Case key
- 103356
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.
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 solo student pilot in the weight-shift-control aircraft reported that, during the landing, the aircraft encountered a gust of wind and veered left. The pilot applied full left brake during an attempted go-around, however the aircraft exited the runway and collided with a ditch. The left wing struck the ground and sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the aircraft that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8003K
- Reported as
- Airborne Australia XT582 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Weight-shift
- Serial number
- XT5820021
- Built
- 2006
- Engine
- Rotax 582UL DCDI, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Spiekermeier Mark A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- KCXP · Carson City, NV
- Destination
- KCXP · Kcxp, NV
- Airport
- CXP · Carson City Airport, runway 27, 6,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- KCXP, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KCXP 241450Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 20/05 A3015 RMK AO2=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 17, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 427 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.