# NTSB Accident CEN12CA370
> **Evektor-Aerotechnik AS Sportstar Plus** · 2012-06-14 · Erie, CO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN12CA370
- **Event ID:** 20120615X04516
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-06-14
- **Location:** Erie, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.010276, -105.048057
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Evektor-Aerotechnik AS
- **Model:** Sportstar Plus
- **Registration:** N617EV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot’s improper performance of a soft field takeoff procedure, which resulted in a loss of airplane control, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action to correct the situation.

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