# Accident 20110130001589A: Experimenta EXCALIBUR, Immokalee, FL, January 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2011, 08:45 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4336° N, 81.4006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4336&lon=-81.4006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818RJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EXPERIMENTA EXCALIBUR
- Reported engine: HIRTH 3203
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 1 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110130001589A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2011, AT 0845 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED HIS EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT AT THE IMMOKALEE AIRPORT, FLORIDA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED A BROKEN LEFT ANKLE.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING THE LANDING GEAR BRAKE SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED A HIGH SPEED TAXI.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THE HE IN-ADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE AND THAT HE PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING DOWN FAST.  HE STATES THAT HE PULLED BACK ON THE STICK AND THE ENGINE FAILED.   HE STATES THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AND IT DID NOT START.  HE STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED DOWN, TILTED TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  HE STATED THE HE REMOVED HIS STRAPS AND EXITED THE PLANE, NOTICED THE INJURY TO HIS LEFT ANKLE AND PASSED OUT.  EIR INITIATED FOR CARELESS OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA11CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA128), Jan 30, 2011: Excalibur Excalibur (N818RJ), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a high speed taxi test resulting in unintentional flight and ground collision.

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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