- Date
- May 30, 2022, 10:43 local (17:43 UTC)
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N722PADiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
- Defining event
- Takeoff: 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 FSDO
- Case key
- 105164
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane 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 pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll, the airplane drifted left, and he applied rudder input to correct. The pilot subsequently reduced power to abort the takeoff, and the airplane departed the runway surface, into the gravel. The airplane collided with a runway sign, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N722PA
- Reported as
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40.727
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 2,657
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-MIA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patric McConnell
- Registered owner
- Spoelstra Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 2021
- Destination
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Airport
- CRQ · McClelland-Palomar Airport, runway 24, 4,897 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 20, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 238.6 total · 170.8 as pilot in command · 11.2 in the last 90 days · 2.3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- CRQ
- METAR
- METAR KCRQ 301753Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP103 T01780122 10183 20156 51000=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 4, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.7 MB in all.