# Incident 20070627015309I: Amsflt CARATA, Truckee, CA, June 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N234WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: AMS Flight D O O CARAT A (registry code 05615YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/ams-flight-d-o-o-carat-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMSFLT CARATA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 380 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070627015309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TAKEOFF WITH HIS TAIL UP AND JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION/LIFT-OFF HE ENCOUNTERED A STRONG WIND GUST (WHIRLWIND) THAT CAUSED HIS TAIL TO DROP BACK HARD ONTO THE RUNWAY WHICH STARTED HIS MOTOR-GLIDER SWERVING. HE STATED HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, AND HIT A SHALLOW DITCH WHICH BROKE OFF BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS AND HIS PROPELLER BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED 160 DEGREES AROUND BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT. PILOT FAILED TO RECOGNIZE OR CONSIDER THE UNFORECAST GUSTY WINDS AND WHIRLWINDS (DUST-DEVILS) NEAR AND ON RUNWAY. WHIRLWINDS WERE VERIFED BY EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS.

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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