Evolution REVOLT N199KS

Summary

On 25 July 2022 at about 13:42 local time, a Evolution REVOLT registered N199KS, operated by Sutz Kenneth J, was involved in an accident near Calhoun, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 July 2022 at 13:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Calhoun, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Tom B David Fld (CZL)

Coordinates

34.4554, -84.9392

Aircraft

Evolution REVOLT

Registration

N199KS

Year built

2018

Engines

1

Operator

Sutz Kenneth J

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anderson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA335

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the landing flare, which resulted in a loss of directional control, a runway excursion, and substantial damage to the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot explained that during the 20-minute flight, the weight-shift airplane was “in good working order with no known problems.” He completed his final approach, and at 2-3 feet above the runway surface, the left wing “stalled.” The airplane rotated to its left, the left main landing gear touched the surface, which rotated the airplane further left, and just after the nose landing gear touched down, the airplane departed the runway to its left about “55 degrees” off the runway heading. The pilot “applied full power” to clear the drainage swale to the airplane’s front but was unsuccessful. The airplane passed through the swale and rolled onto its left side which resulted in a serious injury to the pilot’s ankle and substantial damage to the wing structure. The pilot repeated that there were no pre-accident mechanical anomalies with his airplane that precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.