# Incident 20000930037639I: Sodus Bay, NY, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sodus Bay, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930037639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON SEPT. 30, 2000, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY D^ RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE NY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REGARDING AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT ON SODUS BAY, NY & WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH OFFICER^PRIVACY D^OF THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTEMENT (MARINE DIVISION). OFFICER^PRIVAC^ PROVIDED THE FAA WITH THE POLICE REPORT 18826. IN THIS REPORT HE QUOTED MR. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATING THAT HE & A PASSENGER, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED TAXIED HIS PLANE FROM CHARLES POINT THEN TURNED INTO THE WIND FOR TAKE OFF & AS HE POWERED UP FOR TAKE OFF (HE BELIEVES) AT THIS TIME HIS LANDING GEAR DEPLOYED & AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ RECEIVED A DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER DURING THIS INCIDENT AND HIS PASSENGER DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. ON OCT. 1, 2000 AT APPROX. 11:30 I WENT TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^     RESIDENCE TO CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM & ALSO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE IF THE AIRCRAFT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FAA PART 103 FOR AN ULTRA LIGHT AIRCRAFT. THIS AIRCRAFT WEIGHS APPROX. 425 POUNDS, HAS TWO 5 GALLON FUEL TANKS & IS EQUIPPED IN THE TWO SEAT CONFIGURATION. THIS AIRCRAFT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART 103 FOR AN ULTRA LIGHT AIRCRAFT; THEREFORE THE AIRCRAFT     MUST HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, US REGISTRATION & THE PILOT MUST HAVE A PILOT'S CERTIFICATE OR A WAIVER ISSUED FROM EAA, AERO SPORTS CONNECTION OR USUA. BEFORE I ARRIVED FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA O^WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE PLANE. THE FUEL TANKS WERE REMOVED, THE WING WAS REMOVED 7 THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS REMOVED. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ COULD NOT LOCATE THE FUEL TANKS, HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE TWO TANKS INSTALLED AT APPROX. 6 GALLONS PER TANK. ^PRIVACY DATA O^TOLD ME THAT HE MOVED THE CENTER OF GRAVITY BACK ABOUT ONE INCH & HE FLEW THE PLANE TO CHECK THE CG. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ IS NOT A CERTIFIED AIRFRAME MECHANIC; THEREFORE, HE PERFORMED MAINTENANCE ON AN AIRCRAFT WITHOUT A MECHANIC CERTIFICATE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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