# Incident 20101106051099I: Story Marvi SS-D1, Newburg, PA, November 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Newburg, PA
- Airport: Drillmore Acres
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1283° N, 77.6314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRILLMORE ACRES (0PN7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1283&lon=-77.6314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Story Marvin SS-D1 (registry code 05618VH, https://openairdocs.org/model/story-marvin-ss-d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STORY MARVI SS-D1
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 667 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101106051099I

## Narrative

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

THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE ELEVATOR FLUTTER AFTER DEPARTURE AND MADE AN EMERGENY LANDING IN A VACANT CORN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR , PROP, ENGINE AND COWLING DUE TO THE HARD LANDING THAT FOLLOWED. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED. A PILOT WITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE LEFT ELEVATOR VIBRATE VIOLENTLY DURING TAKEOFF. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED WATER FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS RAIN HAD ENTERED THE CONTROL SURFACE AFFECTING ITS BALANCE. THE PILOT, WHO WAS ALSO THE AIRCRAFT BUILDER, STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PLANS  DID NOT REQUIRE WATER DRAIN HOLES.

## Other reports on N921SS (1)

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

- [Incident 20001002030239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001002030239I), Oct 2, 2000: Amtr SSD1 (N921SS), Sedalia, MO, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot stated that on climb out from Sedalia, MO airport (dmo), he experienced smoke in the cockpit, and the engine quit. He did not attempt an engine…

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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