What happened
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On the fifth takeoff of a newly certificated experimental-amateur built aircraft, the airplane veered left during the takeoff roll and exited runway 08 approximately 2200 feet from the departure end. Winds were reported five minutes prior to the accident as 130 at 6 knots. The aircraft continued on a straight path approximately 45 degrees left of the runway centerline for approximately two hundred yards and then turned over on its back. The pilot stated that he lost control while increasing power and then reduced power slightly and used right brake and rudder in an attempt to regain control of the aircraft. Tire marks on the runway indicated one almost continuous main tire mark from the centerline to the runway exit point; intermittently smaller tail wheel marks were observed superimposed over the main tire marks. Intermittent tire marks were observed from one and sometimes both tires along the path of the aircraft in the dirt and the sagebrush. The aircraft had propeller and significant structural damage to both wings and the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The one pilot occupant reported no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
ON THE FIFTH TAKEOFF OF A NEWLY CERTIFICATED EXPERIMENTAL-AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND EXITED RUNWAY 08 APPROXIMATELY 2200 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END. WINDS WERE REPORTED FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AS 130 AT 6 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON A STRAIGHT PATH APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED YARDS AND THEN TURNED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST CONTROL WHILE INCREASING POWER AND THEN REDUCED POWER SLIGHTLY AND USED RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. TIRE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATED ONE ALMOST CONTINUOUS MAIN TIRE MARK FROM THE CENTERLINE TO THE RUNWAY EXIT POINT; INTERMITTENTLY SMALLER TAIL WHEEL MARKS WERE OBSERVED SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE MAIN TIRE MARKS. INTERMITTENT TIRE MARKS WERE OBSERVED FROM ONE AND SOMETIMES BOTH TIRES ALONG THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE DIRT AND THE SAGEBRUSH. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PROPELLER AND SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. THE ONE PILOT OCCUPANT REPORTED NO INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
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