# Incident 20110804019189I: Buck Larry BF-85, El Monte, CA, August 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2011, 19:03 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13UG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13UG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Buck Larry BF-85 (registry code 05616R8, https://openairdocs.org/model/buck-larry-bf-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUCK LARRY BF-85
- Reported engine: REVMASTER UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 679 total, 1 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110804019189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS EXECUTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI WITH NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT WHEN THE TAILWHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY PITCHING THE NOSE DOWNWARD CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND TIP ON ITS NOSE BEFORE THE PILOT HAD TIME TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N13UG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090219005129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090219005129I), Feb 19, 2009: Buckla BF85 (N13UG), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot reported that he initiated a take-off roll at the El Monte Airport, El Monte California, when the aircraft tail came up, with a nose low attitude,…

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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