Accident Overview
On July 16, 2008, at approximately 1156 eastern daylight time, a EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS Light Sport Airplane, registration N603EV, crashed on the airport at Capital City Airport in Frankfort, Kentucky. The airplane was substantially damaged. The student pilot and instructor pilot were not injured.
Flight Conditions
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operating under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan.
Sequence of Events
The accident occurred during an instructional flight. The aircraft was on its second landing when the student pilot ballooned during landing and attempted a go-around. According to the instructor, the student overcorrected; the instructor then took control of the airplane but was unable to recover in time. The airplane stalled, touched down, and departed the runway. It subsequently struck a berm, causing the nose gear to collapse and the main landing gear to shear off.