Evektor Aerotechnic Sportstar accident near Shirley, New York, July 26, 2007
On July 26, 2007 at about 10:05 am local time, a Evektor Aerotechnic Sportstar, registered N604EV, was substantially damaged in an accident near Shirley, New York (Brookhaven airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall. Contributing to the accident was the student pilots failure to relinquish the flight controls when instructed to do so.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 26, 2007 · about 10:05 am local time
- Place
- Shirley, New York · Brookhaven · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Evektor Aerotechnic Sportstar
- Registration
- N604EV · no longer on the register · serial 2COGC6C6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The certified flight instructor (CFI) reported that the accident flight was his first flight with the student. The CFI advised the student before the flight departed that he would be pilot-in-command if anything were to occur. He also briefed the student on the traffic pattern, air work that included slow-flight, and steep turns. They performed a preflight before takeoff, and no discrepancies were noted. With the student flying the airplane, the flight departed and remained in the traffic pattern; they were the only aircraft in the traffic pattern at the time. The airplane proceeded on the upwind leg, turned crosswind to downwind, and during the downwind leg the CFI advised the student that the aircraft was abeam the runway. When the flight was abeam the numbers, the student lowered the flaps to the first notch, reduced power, and then turned onto the base leg where he lowered the flaps to the second notch. The student pilot turned onto final and with a slight right crosswind, the student flared too high, and the CFI grabbed the controls and advised the student he had the controls. The CFI initiated a go-around by applying full power, but the student still had his hands on the controls. The airplane pitched up into a power-on stall. The aircraft banked to the left then impacted the ground. The CFI advised the student two times he had the controls. The CFI stated that there were no problems with the engine or the flight controls.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Flight instructor
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,420 hours in all; 24 in this make and model; 200 in the last 90 days; 60 in the last 30 days; 1,300 as pilot in command; 950 on instruments
- Last flight review: February 1, 2006
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 191 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, May 1, 2007; 92 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,213 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rotax 914LS (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Mid-Island Air Services, Inc.
The flight
- Departed from: HWV Shirley NY at 10:00 pm
- Destination: HWV Shirley NY
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 15, 4,220 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 73°F (23°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observation at 9:40 pm from HWV, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 |
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