Accident · 2007-09-30

NTSB case CHI07CA315 · Aerotechnik Sportstar-Evektor · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2007-09-30
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Aerotechnik Sportstar-Evektor (N806EV)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: WRIGHT AERO INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Wright Aero Inc.

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision which resulted in the certified flight instructor not being able to maintain directional control. Contributing factors included the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the student pilot's total lack of experience.

Source: NTSB case CHI07CA315

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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