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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event GAA19CA331

2019-06-07 Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States Airport · LXT Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N704HS

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T50

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9642A

Registrant of record

HOVERSPRAY LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot’s exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Factual narrative

The student pilot reported that during takeoff with right quartering headwind, about 20-30 ft above the ground, the airplane aerodynamically stalled then impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot, reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. The solo student pilot reported that, during takeoff with a right quartering headwind and while between about 20 and 30 ft above ground level, the airplane aerodynamically stalled and then impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine 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).

  • C Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Angle of attack-Capability exceeded - C
  • C Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Student/instructed pilot - C
  • Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Crosswind-Not specified

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2019_GAA19CA331.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). 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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