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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kasyan Mich BERKUT 540 · Compton, CA · March 13, 2010

Date
March 13, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Compton, CA
Airport
Compton-Woodley
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38MK
Reported as
Kasyan Mich Berkut 540
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
461 total398 in this make and model2 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.

Aft canopy came off the aircraft during takeoff struck the propeller causing severe vibration. The pilot elected to reverse course and land in a slight downwind. The aircraft slide off the side of the runway causing the landing gear to colapse.

As the FAA filed it

AFT CANOPY CAME OFF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF STRUCK THE PROPELLER CAUSING SEVERE VIBRATION.THE PILOT ELECTED TO REVERSE COURSE AND LAND IN A SLIGHT DOWNWIND. THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO COLAPSE.