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FAA incident report · Amtr Trike · Mora, MN · July 24, 2005

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Date
July 24, 2005 · 16:18 local
Place
Mora, MN
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Trike
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12 total9 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 pilot privacy data omitted a non-pilot, was taxiing his sabre to test his new runway that was recently created on his property, near his home. After a few passes up and down the runway, he invited his son-in-law to ride with him as he taxiied. After a few passes up and down the runway, the sabre became airborne. Wanting to land as soon as possible, the pilot privacy data omitted began to turn back towards the runway. During the turn, the sabre stalled and the left wing struck the ground, causing the sabre to crash. Both occupants were taken to the hospital. Because the sabre had two occupants during flight, it no longer qualified as an ultralight vehicle, making it an unregistered aircraft. This flight was the pilot's privacy data omitted first flight without an instructor on board and also his first flight in his sabre. He had taken about 12 hours of instruction in the last few months in an ultralight vehicle from a qualified instructor but he had never flown solo. He indicated that he did not intend to fly his sabre that day, only taxi it on his new runway. Due to his lack of knowledge, skills, and familiarity with his sabre, he accidently became airborne when he did not intend to fly. Once airborne, he had little or no skills to safely fly the sabre, thus causing his accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ A NON-PILOT, WAS TAXIING HIS SABRE TO TEST HIS NEW RUNWAY THAT WAS RECENTLY CREATED ON HIS PROPERTY, NEAR HIS HOME. AFTER A FEW PASSES UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY, HE INVITED HIS SON-IN-LAW TO RIDE WITH HIM AS HE TAXIIED. AFTER A FEW PASSES UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE SABRE BECAME AIRBORNE. WANTING TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ BEGAN TO TURN BACK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. DURING THE TURN, THE SABRE STALLED AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING THE SABRE TO CRASH. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. BECAUSE THE SABRE HAD TWO OCCUPANTS DURING FLIGHT, IT NO LONGER QUALIFIED AS AN ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE, MAKING IT AN UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT. THIS FLIGHT WAS THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ FIRST FLIGHT WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD AND ALSO HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN HIS SABRE. HE HAD TAKEN ABOUT 12 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN AN ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE FROM A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR BUT HE HAD NEVER FLOWN SOLO. HE INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO FLY HIS SABRE THAT DAY, ONLY TAXI IT ON HIS NEW RUNWAY. DUE TO HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND FAMILIARITY WITH HIS SABRE, HE ACCIDENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE WHEN HE DID NOT INTEND TO FLY. ONCE AIRBORNE, HE HAD LITTLE OR NO SKILLS TO SAFELY FLY THE SABRE, THUS CAUSING HIS ACCIDENT.