Remos G-3/600 N265RA

Summary

On 5 May 2010 at about 17:15 local time, a Remos G-3/600 registered N265RA, operated by U S Aviation Group LLC, was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 May 2010 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Worth Alliance (AFW)

Coordinates

32.9875, -97.3186

Aircraft

Remos G-3/600

Registration

N265RA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

U S Aviation Group LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Worth → Fort Worth

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA239

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s loss of control and the instructor’s delayed remedial action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Shortly after takeoff the student pilot experienced trouble controlling the light sport airplane. The flight instructor took over the controls and, believing that the airplane’s flight controls might have been malfunctioning, elected to land on the remaining runway. The fiberglass airplane impacted the runway hard, which resulted in a propeller strike and the collapse of the nose landing gear and left main landing gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway in an upright and left-wing-low position. Following an engine shutdown, the instructor and student were able to exit unassisted. Around the time of the accident the wind was shifting back and forth from a quartering headwind to a quartering tailwind. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane and reported that no preimpact anomalies were noted with the airplane’s flight controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.