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CEN22LA231

2022-06-04 · El Paso, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ELP

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during take off.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported he intended to depart the residential street to ferry the airplane to an airport. While taking off headed east, he felt a “gust of wind” and was “unable to correct.” The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings when it impacted a brick wall. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_CEN22LA231.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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