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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cox Vernon Lewis PA 18 · June 23, 2012

Date
June 23, 2012 · 12:00 local
Airport
Solder Bar
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N13VC
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12LA289
Reported as
Cox Vernon Lewis PA 18
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
12,307 total1,500 in this make and model30 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 lost directional control on takeoff and struck a rock, causing loss of control and crash.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF AND STRUCK A ROCK, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.