20021110036889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna L19E · Daytona Beach, FL · November 10, 2002

Date
November 10, 2002 · 15:30 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Daytona Beach Regional
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N305TR
Reported as
Cessna L19E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,200 total300 in this make and model50 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) Pilot stated that during take-off roll on runway 25R he smelled strong fuel odor and and aborted take-off. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft and struck runway light and exited south side of runway striking VASI lights with landing gear and left side of fuselage. Aircraft continued over VASI lights and the right horizontal stabilizer and right elevator struck light assemblies. The aircraft continued across grass and crossed taxi-way papa and onto parking ramp at executive flightline. Damage to aircraft as follows, small scar along right side of fuselage below rear window, leading edge, outbd rib, and upper and lower tip skins on right horizontal stabilizer bent. Right elevator torn away from tip to outbd hinge point.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 25R HE SMELLED STRONG FUEL ODOR AND AND ABORTED TAKE-OFF. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT AND EXITED SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY STRIKING VASI LIGHTS WITH LANDING GEAR AND LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OVER VASI LIGHTS AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RIGHT ELEVATOR STRUCK LIGHT ASSEMBLIES. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS GRASS AND CROSSED TAXI-WAY PAPA AND ONTO PARKING RAMP AT EXECUTIVE FLIGHTLINE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AS FOLLOWS, SMALL SCAR ALONG RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE BELOW REAR WINDOW, LEADING EDGE, OUTBD RIB, AND UPPER AND LOWER TIP SKINS ON RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BENT. RIGHT ELEVATOR TORN AWAY FROM TIP TO OUTBD HINGE POINT.