# Incident 20110428008199I: Murphy William M R 80 TIGER MOTH, Longmont, CO, April 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Longmont Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1682° N, 105.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longmont, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1682&lon=-105.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N531TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murphy William M R 80 TIGER MOTH (registry code 05627VY, https://openairdocs.org/model/murphy-william-m-r-80-tiger-moth) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MURPHY WILLIAM M R 80 TIGER MOTH
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,495 total, 1 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110428008199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL, LANDING      GEAR STRUCK AN ADJACENT VASI LIGHT.

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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