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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Rose-Rhineh A4-C · Longmont, CO · June 19, 2010

Date
June 19, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Longmont, CO
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N14884
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN10CA327
Reported as
Rose-Rhineh A4-C
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total1 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On take off climb, aircraft lost power at 500 ft AGL (EST). Pilot attempted emergency landing in field, aircraft hit ground hard, collapsing main gear, bounced and nose of aircraft impacting ground and flipping the aircraft over.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE OFF CLIMB, AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT 500 FT AGL (EST). PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD, AIRCRAFT HIT GROUND HARD, COLLAPSING MAIN GEAR, BOUNCED AND NOSE OF AIRCRAFT IMPACTING GROUND AND FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER.

NTSB investigation

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