Evektor-Aerotechnik A.S. SportStar accident near Erie, CO
On September 15, 2007, an Evektor-Aerotechnik A.S. SportStar (airplane) was involved in an accident near Erie, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 15, 2007
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Aircraft
- Evektor-Aerotechnik A.S. SportStar · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.001°N, 105.035°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070918X01410
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 15, 2007, at 1343 mountain daylight time, an Evektor-Aerotechnik a.s. SportStar special light sport airplane (S-LSA), N616EV, owned and operated by SkyRaider Aviation, Inc., was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain at the Erie Municipal Airport (EIK), Erie, Colorado. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The instructional flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The student pilot and commercial certificated flight instructor were fatally injured. The local flight departed at 1237. According to Global Positioning System (GPS) data recovered from the accident airplane, the airplane departed EIK at 1237:32 and proceeded as far north as Loveland, Colorado (37 miles north of EIK). The airplane climbed to a GPS altitude of 8,000 feet mean sea level (msl) and performed multiple course reversals. Towards the end of the flight the airplane proceeded south towards EIK. The altitude, airspeed, and flight path of the last two minutes of the flight are consistent with a touch and go landing on runway 15 at EIK. The last line of GPS data was recorded at 1342:53 at a ground speed of 3 miles per hour and an altitude of 5,220 feet msl. The Erie Police Department took witness statements from 9 individuals. The National Transportation Safety Board (Safety Board) Investigator in Charge (IIC) received 2 written statements and interviewed 3 witnesses. These witnesses were located to the east and west of the impact location along highway 7, and n
Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during takeoff-initial climb to avoid a stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate preflight planning, his failure to calculate the airplane's weight and balance, the high density altitude, inadequate information for preflight planning provided by the manufacturer, and the insufficient standards fo
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
