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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr WIND WAGON · Leesburg, FL · March 19, 2007

Date: March 19, 2007 · 10:55 local
Place: Leesburg, FL
Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9017M
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA07CA061
Reported as: Amtr Windwagon
Reported engine: Continental 4A032
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 75 total1 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N9017MRegistration cancelled Jan 13, 2009 · Hotz Bruce E WIND WAGONS/N 1324 · Built 2006 Airframe modelHotz Bruce E WIND WAGON Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) Wind wagon, N9017M, departed runway 3 at the Leesburg airport, Leesburg, Florida on March 19, 2007 at approximately 10:55 local time. The aircraft failed to maintain a positive rate of climb and struck a jet blast wall at the end of the runway. The aircraft bounced over the jet blast wall coming to rest in the highway beyond the airport boundary. The aircraft received substantial damage during the landing and then was struck by an automobile resulting in more damage. The pilot received minor injuries but refused medical attention. The weather was VFR at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WIND WAGON, N9017M, DEPARTED RUNWAY 3 AT THE LEESBURG AIRPORT, LEESBURG, FLORIDA ON MARCH 19, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:55 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB AND STRUCK A JET BLAST WALL AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OVER THE JET BLAST WALL COMING TO REST IN THE HIGHWAY BEYOND THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING AND THEN WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE RESULTING IN MORE DAMAGE. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES BUT REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB MIA07CA061Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportLeesburg, FLThe failure of the pilot to abort the takeoff after recognizing that the engine rpm was 760 less than desired after becoming airborne, and the inability of the airplane to maintain a positive rate of climb resulting in a controlled descent, and in-flight…Mar 19, 2007 · Substantial damage