Jabiru Usa Sport J250-SP N214RM

Summary

On 5 June 2021 at about 17:00 local time, a Jabiru Usa Sport J250-SP registered N214RM was involved in an accident near Marietta, Pennsylvania, 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 June 2021 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Donegal Springs Airpark (N71)

Coordinates

40.0921, -76.5760

Aircraft

Jabiru Usa Sport J250-SP

Registration

N214RM

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA243

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had just purchased the airplane and hired the flight instructor to give him some lessons before he flew home. He took off and performed several maneuvers before coming back to the airport to practice full stop landings. He said the final landing was smooth, but during the rollout, his left foot slipped off the rudder pedal while his right foot was still pressing on the right rudder pedal. The airplane swerved to the right, departed the runway, and came to rest in a wheat field. During the accident sequence, the right main and nose landing gear collapsed, and the lower fuselage and firewall were substantially damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.