20081107852969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Eipper MX2 · Knoxville, PA · November 7, 2008

Date
November 7, 2008 · 11:00 local
Place
Knoxville, PA
Airport
Champ Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Eipper MX2
Reported engine
ROTAX-503
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total0 in this make and model10 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.

The subject aircraft took off at Champ Field for a test flight after being reassembled by the owner. The aircraft entered into a left hand turn that could not be stopped with the pilot applying full right spoiler and rudder or by changing power setting or weight shifting. The aircraft crashed on the runway in a nose low, left wing low attitude, destroying the aircraft. The experienced pilot reported accomplishing a thorough pre-flight inspection. A misassembled/misrigged condition was likely caused by the owner not having flight manual or maintenence information for the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AT CHAMP FIELD FOR A TEST FLIGHT AFTER BEING REASSEMBLED BY THE OWNER. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO A LEFT HAND TURN THAT COULD NOT BE STOPPED WITH THE PILOT APPLYING FULL RIGHT SPOILER AND RUDDER OR BY CHANGING POWER SETTING OR WEIGHT SHIFTING. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE EXPERIENCED PILOT REPORTED ACCOMPLISHING A THOROUGH PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION. A MISASSEMBLED/MISRIGGED CONDITION WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY THE OWNER NOT HAVING FLIGHT MANUAL OR MAINTENENCE INFORMATION FOR THE AIRCRAFT.