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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lockhe P-38L-5 · Fairmont, NE · June 6, 2009

Date
June 6, 2009 · 13:10 local
Place
Fairmont, NE
Airport
Fairmont State Airfield
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79123
Reported as
Lockhe P38L5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total50 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.

(-23) During takeoff roll at the Fairmont airport on runway 17, the right propeller began to surge and overspeed. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff and applied maximum braking. Both wheels were locked causing the right tire to blow out. Damage was limited to the tires and right wheel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT THE FAIRMONT AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 17, THE RIGHT PROPELLER BEGAN TO SURGE AND OVERSPEED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING. BOTH WHEELS WERE LOCKED CAUSING THE RIGHT TIRE TO BLOW OUT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE TIRES AND RIGHT WHEEL.