20061028024519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Moyes Dragonfly · Knightsen, CA · October 28, 2006

Date
October 28, 2006 · 12:35 local
Place
Knightsen, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Moyes Dragonfly
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total30 in this make and model10 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) According to privacy data omitted owner of the aircraft, owner of the property where the accident occurred, and eyewitness to the accident, the pilot and sole occupant, privacy data omitted taxied to the end of a dirt road that is used for takeoff and landing, accelerated, and took off. Leaving the ground too early, the aircraft settled back on the ground, bouncing once before becoming airborne. privacy data omitted Stated that the pilot's privacy data omitted takeoff was poor and noticed the pilot moving around and waving his left hand. He then climbed out smooth and steady but shallower than normal, leveled off at approximately 100 feet at which time the aircraft dove down, going past vertical, impacting the ground and ended up inverted. Pilot succumbed to multiple forced blunt trauma to the head.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND EYEWITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED TO THE END OF A DIRT ROAD THAT IS USED FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING, ACCELERATED, AND TOOK OFF. LEAVING THE GROUND TOO EARLY, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE GROUND, BOUNCING ONCE BEFORE BECOMING AIRBORNE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAKEOFF WAS POOR AND NOTICED THE PILOT MOVING AROUND AND WAVING HIS LEFT HAND. HE THEN CLIMBED OUT SMOOTH AND STEADY BUT SHALLOWER THAN NORMAL, LEVELED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT DOVE DOWN, GOING PAST VERTICAL, IMPACTING THE GROUND AND ENDED UP INVERTED. PILOT SUCCUMBED TO MULTIPLE FORCED BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE HEAD.