# Incident 20100430033609I: Ams Flight CARAT A, Panoche, CA, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 16:30 local time
- Place: Panoche, CA
- Airport: Panoche
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5969° N, 120.8335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panoche, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5969&lon=-120.8335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: AMS Flight D O O CARAT A (registry code 05615YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/ams-flight-d-o-o-carat-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMS FLIGHT CARAT A
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 582 total, 293 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430033609I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLL LANDING GEAR STRUCK UNKNOWN OBJECT, THOUGHT TO BE GOPHER HOLE. TAKEOFF ABORTED. ON ROLL OUT RIGHT WING TIP DROPPED CAUSING GROUND LOOP INTO THE WEEDS.

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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