# Accident 20061028024519A: Moyes DRAGONFLY, Knightsen, CA, October 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2006, 12:35 local time
- Place: Knightsen, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9635° N, 121.6484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knightsen, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9635&lon=-121.6484&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOYES DRAGONFLY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061028024519A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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