Jabiru Usa Sport J250 N584J

Summary

On 18 June 2018 at about 15:30 local time, a Jabiru Usa Sport J250 registered N584J, operated by Pharaoh Llc, was involved in an accident near Winnsboro, South Carolina, 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

18 June 2018 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Fairfield County (FDW)

Coordinates

34.3144, -81.1117

Aircraft

Jabiru Usa Sport J250

Registration

N584J

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Pharaoh Llc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Columbia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA356

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s improper decision to provide instruction in an airplane with only one control stick.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor in the light sport airplane, the pilot in the left seat had not flown for a while and was receiving instruction to complete a flight review. The airplane was equipped with a single control stick. During the landing flare, the pilot applied forward stick, and the airplane impacted the runway hard. The nose landing gear and the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane exited the right side of the runway and came to a stop in the grass safety area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts and lower fuselage. The instructor asserted that he should have refused to instruct in an airplane with only one control stick. Both pilots reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.