# Incident 20110630028819I: Curtiss Museum CURTISS A-1 REPRO, Hammondsport, NY, June 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2011, 18:40 local time
- Place: Hammondsport, NY
- Airport: Curtis Museum, Keuka Lake Site
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4087° N, 77.2229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammondsport, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4087&lon=-77.2229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N511GC-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Museum CURTISS A-1 REPRO (registry code 056172A, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-museum-curtiss-a-1-repro) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS MUSEUM CURTISS A-1 REPRO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,330 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110630028819I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 30, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1840, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FROM THE WATERS OF KEUKA LAKE NEAR HAMMONDSPORT, NY, IN A CURTIS A-1 TRAID AND OVER-ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT.  IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE PILOT STRUCK THE WATER IN A SLIGHT RIGHT WING LOW AND SLIGHT RIGHT DRIFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AND THE LAKE WAS CALM.

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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