20030427023879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr NIEUPORT 23 · Leroy, OH · April 27, 2003

Date
April 27, 2003 · 15:34 local
Place
Leroy, OH
Airport
Pheasant Run Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4027B
Reported as
Amtr NIEUPORT23
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW1835VOLKS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
165 total50 in this make and model20 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 after lift off he failed to stay on the centerline of the runway, lost sight of the trees, felt the airplane slow down then realizing he had struck some trees and tried to recover the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LIFT OFF HE FAILED TO STAY ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY, LOST SIGHT OF THE TREES, FELT THE AIRPLANE SLOW DOWN THEN REALIZING HE HAD STRUCK SOME TREES AND TRIED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT.