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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Kitfoxiv · Redmond, OR · May 18, 2000

Date: May 18, 2000 · 08:00 local
Place: Redmond, OR
Airport: Roberts Field
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N503TJ
Reported as: Amtr Kitfoxiv
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total30 in this make and model

N503TJRegistered now · Jones Thomas C SKSTR KTFX CLASIC IVS/N C-9408-0047 Airframe modelJones Thomas C SKSTR KTFX CLASIC IV Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23)privacy data omittedstates he ground looped during takeoff during instructional flight(purpose in order to complete a bienneial flight review and obtain a tail wheel endorsement) pilot states, as he advanced the throttle and the airplane was rolling on the runway, it began to fish tail a little, then made a sharp swing to the right. Pilot states he thought flight instructor said full power, so he pushed the throttle full open and the airplane turned sharply to the right, off the runway. Pilot states that the flight instructor subsequently told him that he had said pull the power, and that the flight instructor said he tried to apply left rudder, but was unable to push the left rudder pedal.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY D^STATES HE GROUND LOOPED DURING TAKEOFF DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT(PURPOSE IN ORDER TO COMPLETE A BIENNEIAL FLIGHT REVIEW AND OBTAIN A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT) PILOT STATES, AS HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND THE AIRPLANE WAS ROLLING ON THE RUNWAY, IT BEGAN TO FISH TAIL A LITTLE, THEN MADE A SHARP SWING TO THE RIGHT. PILOT STATES HE THOUGHT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID FULL POWER, SO HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE FULL OPEN AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATES THAT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD SAID PULL THE POWER, AND THAT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID HE TRIED TO APPLY LEFT RUDDER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PUSH THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL.