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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Baby Ace Ho HOME BUILT · Wilmington, NC · June 13, 2010

Date
June 13, 2010 · 11:19 local
Place
Wilmington, NC
Airport
Pilot'S Ridge
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N39D
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10CA311
Reported as
Baby Ace Ho Home Built
Reported engine
Continental A&C75 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total5 in this make and model5 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.

Aircraft touched down on runway. Pilot applied power to perform a "go around". The aircraft began a left turn and hit the top of a tree with the left wing leading edge. The aircraft traveled approximately 300 yards beyond the tree and impacted the ground nose first in a near vertical position. The pilot was removed from the aircraft and transported to the hospital with injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY. PILOT APPLIED POWER TO PERFORM A "GO AROUND". THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT TURN AND HIT THE TOP OF A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS BEYOND THE TREE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST IN A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION. THE PILOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.