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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Plonk Georg TYTE WAD · Zephyrhills, FL · February 23, 2011

Date
February 23, 2011 · 17:00 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29LF
Reported as
Plonk Georg Tyte WAD
Reported engine
FORD CONVERSION
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

First flight attempt of experimental amateur built aircraft. Taxi tests to 60MPH were successful. Aircraft over rotated on takeoff for unknown reasons striking tail on runway and stalling. Aircraft sustained nose gear and propeller damage.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST FLIGHT ATTEMPT OF EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT. TAXI TESTS TO 60MPH WERE SUCCESSFUL.AIRCRAFT OVER ROTATED ON TAKEOFF FOR UNKNOWN REASONS STRIKING TAIL ON RUNWAY AND STALLING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER DAMAGE.