# Accident 20080502834479A: Amtr RV7A, Hollister, CA, May 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2008, 17:15 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Frazier Lake Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8933° N, 121.4100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8933&lon=-121.4100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269SD-2008-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Farrell Sean Patrick VANS AIRCRAFT RV-7A (registry code 05624GI, https://openairdocs.org/model/farrell-sean-patrick-vans-aircraft-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV7A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 511 total, 240 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502834479A

## Narrative

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

(-23)AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 ON MAY 2, 2008 THE PILOT OF AN RV-7A, N269SD WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT FRAZIER LAKE AIRSTRIP (1C9), NEAR HOLLISTER, CA WHEN UPON TAKEOFF HIS LEFT WING LEADING EDGE IMPACTED A LARGE GOOSE.  APPARENTLY THE GOOSE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM THE GROUND AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED AND BANKED TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND THEN NOSED OVER AND CARTWHEELED APPROXIMATLEY 200 FEET AND LANDED UPRIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA08CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA123), May 3, 2008: Vans RV-7A (N269SD), Hollister, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with a bird.

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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