# Incident 20100712040329I: Borger Robe EUROPA XS, Denton, TX, July 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2010, 07:17 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N914XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Borger Robert L EUROPA XS (registry code 05611TX, https://openairdocs.org/model/borger-robert-l-europa-xs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914 series (registry code 55575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BORGER ROBE EUROPA XS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 23 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100712040329I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN CLOSED TRAFFIC.  ON THE SECOND TAKEOFF ATTEMPT AND AT ABOUT 45 KTS. AS THE TAIL CAME UP A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKE AND FLIGHT CONTROL INPUT TO CORRECT BUT THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

## Other reports on N914XL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090317001709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090317001709I), Mar 17, 2009: Borger EUROPAXS (N914XL), Denton, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On March 17, 2009 at 1000, N914XL a europa xs, an experimental amateur kit built aircraft was operated by [privacy data omitted]. Just before takeoff as…

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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