# Incident 20090219005129I: Buckla BF85, El Monte, CA, February 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13UG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13UG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Buck Larry BF-85 (registry code 05616R8, https://openairdocs.org/model/buck-larry-bf-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUCKLA BF85
- Reported engine: AMA EXPR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090219005129I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT REPORTED THAT HE INITIATED A TAKE-OFF ROLL AT THE EL MONTE AIRPORT, EL MONTE CALIFORNIA, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TAIL CAME UP, WITH A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, HE HEARD AT AOUT THE SAME TIME THE WOOD PROPELLER TOUCH THE RUNWAY.  HE INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE POWER WAS LOW, WITH NOT ENOUGH AIRFLOW OVER THE TAIL FOR CONTROL SURFACE TO BE EFFECTIVE, SO HE DECIED TO LET THE AIRCRAFT NOSE OVER.  (PILOT NOT SURE OF THE PROPELLER DAMAGE TO CONTINUE TAKE-OFF).

## Other reports on N13UG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110804019189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110804019189I), Aug 4, 2011: Buck Larry BF-85 (N13UG), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. Pilot was executing a high speed taxi with no intention of flight when the tailwheel of the aircraft rapidly lifted off the runway pitching the nose downward…

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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