# Accident 20111119027029A: Skykits Corp SAVANNAH VGW, Elgin, IL, November 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2011, 13:50 local time
- Place: Elgin, IL
- Airport: Olson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3461° N, 89.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLSON (5IL1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3461&lon=-89.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61XT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61XT-2013-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skykits SAVANNAH VGW (registry code 069001D, https://openairdocs.org/model/skykits-savannah-vgw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914 series (registry code 55575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKYKITS CORP SAVANNAH VGW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 1 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111119027029A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED THE AIRPLANE AND THE ENGINE DIED.  PILOT RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND ALLOWED IT TO COME TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE.  HE TAXIED TO THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE RUNWAY, THEN TAXIED FULL LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY TO THE NORTHEAST END.  HE TAXIED BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT THEN INITIATED A TAKEOFF.  HE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF ALTITUDE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO WOBBLE, THEN TURN TO THE LEFT AND DESCEND NEAR VERTICALLY TO THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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