# Accident 20100716039339A: Topdog Ultr TOP DOG 582, Eagle Point, OR, July 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2010, 08:15 local time
- Place: Eagle Point, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5378° N, 122.7289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5378&lon=-122.7289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82047, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82047) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Topdog Ultralights TOP DOG 582 (registry code 0590050, https://openairdocs.org/model/topdog-ultralights-top-dog-582) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOPDOG ULTR TOP DOG 582
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 245 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100716039339A

## Narrative

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

EXPERIMENTAL WEIGHT SHIFT AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF IN NO WIND CONDITIONS WITH A PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD. UNABLE TO INTERVIEW PILOT DUE TO INJURIES AT TIME. PASSENGER REPORTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SURFACE OF THE PRIVATE GRASS FIELD AT 45 TO 55 MPH, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN, HE HIS NOT SURE IF PILOT INTENDED TO TURN LEFT AT THAT TIME OR NOT. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED A FENCE AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD BUT DID NOT CLEAR THE BRUSH BEYOND THE FENCE AND WENT INTO THE BRUSH APPROXIATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AFTER ENGAGEING THE BRUSH THE PILOT LOST CONTOL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ABRUPTLY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND INJURING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. PASSENGER WAS UNCONCIOUS AND DOES NOT REMEMBER ANYMORE. PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA353), Jul 16, 2010: Topdog Ultralights TOP DOG 582 (N82047), Eagle Point, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the left wingtip.

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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