# Incident 20110828018959I: Brandt Jerry PULSAR XP, Wampum, PA, August 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2011, 20:00 local time
- Place: Wampum, PA
- Airport: Unregistered Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8851° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wampum, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8851&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N773JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N773JB-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brandt Jerry PULSAR XP (registry code 05615OW, https://openairdocs.org/model/brandt-jerry-pulsar-xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANDT JERRY PULSAR XP
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 1 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110828018959I

## Narrative

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

THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON AN UNREGISTERED PRIVATE GRASS STRIP ON A RUNWAY WITH A HEADING OF 185 DEGREES.  THE PILOT HAD NO INTENT TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT; HOWEVER, DURING HIGH SPEED TAXING THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.    THE IMPACT SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR ALONG WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL.  THERE WAS IMPACT DAMAGE UNDER THE FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE NEAR THE TIP HAD IMPACT DAMAGE AND HAD DIRT AND SOYBEAN PLANT EMBEDDED IN THIS AREA OF THE WING.  THE RIGHT WING UPPER AND LOWER SKIN SHOWED SIGNS OF DEFORMATION.  THE SKIN AROUND THE FUEL CAP ON THE RIGHT WING WAS CRACKED.  THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING HAD DAMAGE ADJACENT TO THE LANDING GEAR.THE LEFT WING UNDERSIDE HAD DAMAGE ADJACENT TO THE LANDING GEAR.  THE LEFT WING UNDERSIDE SKIN HAD DAMAGE ALONG THE TRAILING EDGE STARTING FROM THE MIDDLE FLAP HINGE IN TOWARD THE INBOARD FLAP HINGE.JUST AFT OF THE FIREWALL THE FUSELAGE HAD A CRACK RUNNING AROUND THE MAJORITY OF THE FUSELAGE PARALLEL TO THE FIREWALL. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIREWALL HAD CRACKS RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE GROUND.  THE FUSELAGE UNDER THE ENGINE WAS CRACKED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AS OBSERVED INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE ON THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WINGS.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, OR ANY OTHER PARTS OF THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FUSELAGE AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING ATTACHMENT POINT SHOWED FRACTURES IN THE SKIN.MOST OF THE WOODEN PROPELLER WAS MISSING AND THE REMAINDER WAS SPLINTERED DOWN TO THE HUB.  WHAT REMAINED OF THE PROPELLER WAS EMBEDDED WITH DIRT AND SOYBEAN PLANT.  THERE WAS NO IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  THE ENGINE MOUNTING POINTS ON THE FUSELAGE WERE DEFORMED AND CRACKED.

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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