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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amrgen AA-1B · Japser, IN · September 2, 2000

Date
September 2, 2000 · 09:30 local
Place
Japser, IN
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6334L
Reported as
Amrgen AA1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
746 total23 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23)privacy data omitted attempted to takeoff to the south on a grass runway. The conditions at the time are estimated: clear skies, temp; 80, winds; 070/05, altimeter; 30:00. The grass runway was wet with drew and approx. 6 inches in length. The aircraft was forced into the air by the pilot. This action allowed the aircraft to become airborne without sufficient airspeed. The aircraft struck a corn field that was approx. 8 feet tall. The aircraft nosed over and impacted the bean field which severed the nose gear and spun the aircraft around 180 degrees coming to rest about 150 feet from the initial impact with the corn. The aircraft sustained damage to the right wing leading edge, tail cone, transponder antenna, lower nose cowling, exhaust system and the propeller. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY D^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH ON A GRASS RUNWAY. THE CONDITIONS AT THE TIME ARE ESTIMATED: CLEAR SKIES, TEMP; 80, WINDS; 070/05, ALTIMETER; 30:00. THE GRASS RUNWAY WAS WET WITH DREW AND APPROX. 6 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED INTO THE AIR BY THE PILOT. THIS ACTION ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A CORN FIELD THAT WAS APPROX. 8 FEET TALL. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED THE BEAN FIELD WHICH SEVERED THE NOSE GEAR AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND 180 DEGREES COMING TO REST ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE CORN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, TAIL CONE, TRANSPONDER ANTENNA, LOWER NOSE COWLING, EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE PROPELLER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^