20060416005059A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Parks RV-7 · Fort Worth, TX · April 16, 2006

Date
April 16, 2006 · 15:43 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Hicks Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N620CF
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW06CA105
Reported as
Parks RV7
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,384 total69 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On April 16, 2006, at approximately 1543 LCL, N620CF, a vans RV-7 aircraft sustained substantial damage during an attempted takeoff from runway 14 at Hicks airfield, forth Worth, Texas. The pilot privacy data omitted holder of airline transport pilot certificate privacy data omitted initiated a takeoff from runway 14. Upon lifting the tail off the runway surface, the aircraft swerved to the left. The pilot overcorrected to the right and brought the aircraft airborne. The aircraft impacted a railway embankment and came to rest on the other side of the railroad tracks. The pilot and his passenger were not injured. An off-duty aviation safety inspector was on-site and conducted the on-scene investigation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 16, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1543 LCL, N620CF, A VANS RV-7 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 14 AT HICKS AIRFIELD, FORTH WORTH, TEXAS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 14. UPON LIFTING THE TAIL OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED TO THE RIGHT AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A RAILWAY EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. AN OFF-DUTY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR WAS ON-SITE AND CONDUCTED THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION.

NTSB investigation

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