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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Snowbird · Arlington, WA · July 11, 1996

Date: July 11, 1996 · 18:45 local
Place: Arlington, WA
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7048J
Reported as: Amtr Snowbird
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,380 total1,000 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N7048JRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2013 · Noack David L SNOBIRD 636D4S/N 5102 636D4 · Built 1993 Airframe modelNoack David L SNOBIRD 636D4 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: prior to take-off the pilot indicated he completed a control check and everything was satisfactory. However, during the take-off roll the stick is held full aft and his passengers seat belt inadvertently slipped over the stick. After lift off he realized there was a control problem and set the aircraft back down on the runway straight ahead. Because he had no cyclic control the aircraft landed on the right main collapsing it and subsequently damaging the rotor blade tips as well. No injuries after they stopped moving, the pilot got out and the seat belt in the rear was still over the stick.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF THE PILOT INDICATED HE COMPLETED A CONTROL CHECK AND EVERYTHING WAS SATISFACTORY. HOWEVER, DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL THE STICK IS HELD FULL AFT AND HIS PASSENGERS SEAT BELT INADVERTENTLY SLIPPED OVER THE STICK. AFTER LIFT OFF HE REALIZED THERE WAS A CONTROL PROBLEM AND SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY STRAIGHT AHEAD. BECAUSE HE HAD NO CYCLIC CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSING IT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGING THE ROTOR BLADE TIPS AS WELL. NO INJURIES AFTER THEY STOPPED MOVING, THE PILOT GOT OUT AND THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR WAS STILL OVER THE STICK.