Amateur-built CH 750 accident near Cincinnati, Ohio, September 22, 2022
On September 22, 2022 at about 7:00 am local time, a 2015 amateur-built CH 750, registered N2992W, was substantially damaged in an accident during takeoff near Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The airplane builder’s installation of incorrect hardware in the control yoke assembly, which resulted in a loss of control during takeoff.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 22, 2022 · about 7:00 am local time
- Place
- Cincinnati, Ohio · Cincinnati · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built CH 750, built 2015
- Registration
- N2992W · registry record · serial 75-8178
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot stated that, during the takeoff roll in the experimental amateur-built airplane, he noticed that “something felt wrong” with his flight controls. The airplane briefly climbed before landing hard on the nosewheel, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall. During a postaccident examination of the airplane, a bolt that attached the control yoke to the flight controls was missing. The missing bolt and a nut were subsequently located within the fuselage of the airplane. The “hardware store” -type nut was not the castle type nut with cotter pin -type that was called for in the airplane’s engineering drawings. Review of the airplane’s maintenance records revealed that it had undergone 3 annual condition inspections since being constructed and that no documented maintenance to, or replacement of the flight control hardware had occurred. Based on this information, it is likely the builder of the airplane used improper hardware to assemble the flight controls, which resulted in the separation of the control yoke from the flight controls and the subsequent loss of control during takeoff.
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
What happened, in order
- Flight control sys malf/fail during takeoff defining event
- Abnormal runway contact during initial climb
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware › Misc hardware › Fasteners › Not installed/available
- Personnel issues › Action/decision › Info processing/decision › Decision making/judgment › Owner/builder
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 1,379 hours in all; 9 in this make and model; 58 in the last 90 days; 29 in the last 30 days
- Last flight review: August 10, 2021
- Medical certificate: Class 3
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 43 hours
- Last inspection: condition inspection, August 11, 2022; 43 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,900 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rotax 912ULS (piston); 43 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: LUK Cincinnati OH at 11:00 am
- Destination: GPH Excelsior Springs MO
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 3R, 6,000 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 330° at 13 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 5,500 ft
- Temperature: 72°F (22°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observation at 2:53 pm from LUK
Weather report (METAR): KLUK 221853Z 33013G23KT 10SM SCT055 22/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02170083
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ERA22LA428.