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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Burnett George CH-II · Metropolis, IL · August 29, 2011

Date
August 29, 2011 · 18:22 local
Place
Metropolis, IL
Airport
Metropolis Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N114GX
Reported as
Burnett George CH-II
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total16 in this make and model12 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.

Pilot departed from runway 36 at the metropolos airport (M30). While climbing at approximately 400 feet AGL, the engine stuttered and then quit running. The pilot attempted to turn back to the airport and wound up short of the runway. While landing in the tall grass, the left main gear leg was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 36 AT THE METROPOLOS AIRPORT (M30). WHILE CLIMBING AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE STUTTERED AND THEN QUIT RUNNING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND WOUND UP SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. WHILE LANDING IN THE TALL GRASS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG WAS DAMAGED.