What happened
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(-23) Pilot attempted to takeoff from Lebanon, OR airport S30 at approximately 1200 hours may 3, 2005 with an amatuer homebuilt aircraft that did not have a current special "experimental" airworthiness certificate and without a current "condition inspection" recorded in the aircraft records. During the takeoff roll, about one half the way down the runway, the aircraft engine started to sputter. The pilot stated he did not have enough runway to attempt to abort the takeoff. He stated he attempted to get airborne and climbed to between 5 to 6 feet AGL when the aircraft made contact with the chain link fence at the end of the runway causing the aircraft to make contact with the two lane highway surface just outside the airport fence. The aircraft bounced or skipped across the highway and came to rest in the grassy area on the east side of the highway. The top rail of the chain link fence smashed through the windshield of a vehicle traveling on the highway causing minor injuries to the two occupants of the vehicle. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, no injuries to the single occupant.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM LEBANON, OR AIRPORT S30 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HOURS MAY 3, 2005 WITH AN AMATUER HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT THAT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT SPECIAL "EXPERIMENTAL" AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND WITHOUT A CURRENT "CONDITION INSPECTION" RECORDED IN THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, ABOUT ONE HALF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY TO ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO GET AIRBORNE AND CLIMBED TO BETWEEN 5 TO 6 FEET AGL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY SURFACE JUST OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OR SKIPPED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASSY AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TOP RAIL OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE SMASHED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES TO THE SINGLE OCCUPANT.
NTSB investigation
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