# Incident 20060920020659I: Amtr RV8A, Mulino, OR, September 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2006, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mulino, OR
- Airport: Portland Mulino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2163° N, 122.5900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Portland Mulino Airport (4S9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2163&lon=-122.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N698BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N698BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wallace W J/Wallace S G RV8A (registry code 05617LM, https://openairdocs.org/model/wallace-w-j-wallace-s-g-rv8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,593 total, 631 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060920020659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) N698BS WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL WITH THE CANOPY OPEN, AND AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE CANOPY AND INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE CONTROL STICK FORWARD CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE DOWN AND CONTACT THE RUNWAY HARD ENOUGH TO BEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND ALLOW THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. TAKE OFF WAS NOT ABORTED AND NORMAL CLIMB OUT WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET ALTITUDE. PILOT "CYCLED" PROPELLER AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION AIRPORT, INDEPENDENCE, OR. LANDING AT INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT (7S5) WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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