# NTSB Accident NYC00LA027
> **Kolb Company FIRESTAR** · 1999-10-16 · LONDON, KY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC00LA027
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20044
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-16
- **Location:** LONDON, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.120727, -84.079139
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Kolb Company
- **Model:** FIRESTAR
- **Registration:** UNREG
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane after inadvertently allowing it to become airborne. A factor in the accident was his lack of total aviation experience.

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