20071111826339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Titantorndoi · Mc Minnville, OR · November 11, 2007

Date
November 11, 2007 · 15:28 local
Place
Mc Minnville, OR
Airport
Mc Minnville Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Amtr Titantorndoi
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) Following inadvertent liftoff during high speed taxi test on rwy 17 the aircraft climbed very steeply to a height of approximately 30 feet, pitched down to a nearly vertical attitude and impacted the ground on the nose. The aircraft came to rest inverted facing north on rwy 17 at the point of impact. The aircraft is an unregistered and uncertificated amateur built experimental airplane. The pilot holds no pilot certificate or airman medical certificate. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot sustained serious injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FOLLOWING INADVERTENT LIFTOFF DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST ON RWY 17 THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED VERY STEEPLY TO A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET, PITCHED DOWN TO A NEARLY VERTICAL ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED FACING NORTH ON RWY 17 AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT IS AN UNREGISTERED AND UNCERTIFICATED AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE. THE PILOT HOLDS NO PILOT CERTIFICATE OR AIRMAN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.