What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
This airman was involved in a tail dragger incident last year while receiving his flight review. The airman told the inspector that he added full power on the takeoff roll and was unable to maintain directional control with full rudder and the airplane departed the runway on the left side and struck what appears to be the pilot control lighting box with his right wing which resulted in damage to that wing and prop which impacted the ground subsequently scarring the earth. The airplane came to rest between the runway and taxi way on a northerly heading. The airplane turned approximately 90 degrees to the departure runway (rwy 24).
As the FAA filed it
THIS AIRMAN WAS INVOLVED IN A TAIL DRAGGER INCIDENT LAST YEAR WHILE RECEIVING HIS FLIGHT REVIEW. THE AIRMAN TOLD THE INSPECTOR THAT HE ADDED FULL POWER ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH FULL RUDDER AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND STRUCK WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE PILOT CONTROL LIGHTING BOX WITH HIS RIGHT WING WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THAT WING AND PROP WHICH IMPACTED THE GROUND SUBSEQUENTLY SCARRING THE EARTH. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY ON A NORTHERLY HEADING. THE AIRPLANE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY (RWY 24).
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N469SA · 2
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