Aerosport IKARUS C42E N577JP

Summary

On 4 August 2011 at about 23:30 local time, a Aerosport IKARUS C42E registered N577JP, operated by Scott Schuh, was involved in an accident near East Troy, Wisconsin, 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

4 August 2011 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

East Troy, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

East Troy Municipal Airport (57C)

Coordinates

42.7972, -88.3725

Aircraft

Aerosport IKARUS C42E

Registration

N577JP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Scott Schuh

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

East Troy → East Troy

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA549

Nobody was injured.

The flight instrctor's delayed remedial action during landing. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s loss of directional control when he became distracted with the open door.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that the accident landing was his fourth landing. He said that the landing was hard and the airplane bounced. He stated that he added power and about the same time, his door came open. He said that he initially ignored the door, but thought that the open door was causing the airplane to yaw to the left. He then tried to close the door, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and struck a ditch. The flight instructor reported no preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.