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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CEN23LA216

2023-06-01 Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States Airport · ARR None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N133LS

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

REMOS AIRCRAFT GMBH G-3/600

Year of manufacture

2007 · 16 years old at event

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071212

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A08761

Registrant of record

LSA-MIDWEST LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot’s improper flight control inputs and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.

Factual narrative

The flight instructor and student pilot intended to complete a cross-country flight. During the takeoff roll, the student pilot pitched the nose up to 15° then lowered it to 5° upon request of the instructor. As the takeoff roll continued, the student abruptly applied right rudder and again increased the pitch attitude. The airplane veered to the right and became airborne off the right side of the runway. The instructor took control of the airplane as it began to stall about 20 ft. above ground level. The airplane bounced and the propeller struck the ground, then it porpoised, and came to rest in a field about 1,000 ft. from the runway. The landing gear collapsed, and the elevator sustained substantial damage. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Delayed action-Instructor/check pilot
  • Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained
  • Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Incorrect action performance-Student/instructed pilot
  • Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Flight crew

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_CEN23LA216.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall, runway excursion). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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