NTSB ERA21LA243 — 2021-06-05 · Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States

Current FAA registration · N214RM

Make / Model: JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J250-SP
Year of manufacture: 2006 · 15 years old at event
Engine: JABIRU 3300 (120 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 20060510
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A1C9E1

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N214RM JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J250-SP None

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

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

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2021_ERA21LA243.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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