20050530008539A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · AVERY WASP · Denison, TX · May 30, 2005

Date
May 30, 2005 · 12:05 local
Place
Denison, TX
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N108RA
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW05CA142
Reported as
Averywasp
Reported engine
NIMBUS103
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
16 total358 in this make and model12 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) The aircraft lifted-off from a field area located at privacy data omitted the aircraft got approximately 90 feet airborne when the aircraft engine went into idle. The pilot attempted to return to the lift-off site, but the aircraft landed in the street area approximately 50 feet from the take-off area. No personal injuries occurred, but major damage occurred to the aircraft. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED-OFF FROM A FIELD AREA LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT GOT APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET AIRBORNE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WENT INTO IDLE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE LIFT-OFF SITE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE STREET AREA APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE TAKE-OFF AREA. NO PERSONAL INJURIES OCCURRED, BUT MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.