# Incident 20120623022209I: Melton David Legrand FIRESTAR, Elkin, NC, June 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Elkin, NC
- Airport: Elkin Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2800° N, 80.7861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKIN MUNI (ZEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2800&lon=-80.7861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6899L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6899L-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Melton David Legrand FIRESTAR (registry code 05631JL, https://openairdocs.org/model/melton-david-legrand-firestar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Kawasaki ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 35500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/kawasaki-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MELTON DAVID LEGRAND FIRESTAR
- Reported engine: KAWASAKI ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120623022209I

## Narrative

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

GSO FSDO RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS CALL ON JUNE 25, 2012 REPORTING THAT A KOLB FIRESTAR II HAD CRASHED ON TAKE OFF SATURDAY JUNE 23, 2012 ABOUT MID MORNING. THE PILOT WAS REPORTED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE OWNER AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES JUST OFF OF THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT. IT WAS WHITE AND YELLOW AND HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TREES. TUESDAY JUNE 26, 2012 TWO INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE DROVE TO ELKIN AIRPORT. THEY FOUND A CRASH SITE WHICH HAD MANY TREES CUT/REMOVED AND FOUND A PIECE OF A COMPOSITE PROPELLER BLADE/HUB ASSY. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PILOT AT HIS RESIDENCE AND AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED THERE. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNSURE IF HE HAD TO REPORT ANYTHING AS HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ULTRALIGHT. HE STATED HIS INTENT WAS INITIALLY JUST TO TAXI, BUT THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP SPEED QUICKLY SO HE DECIDED TO PUT MORE POWER TO IT AND TAKE-OFF. AT ABOUT 75-100 FEET HE REDUCED THE POWER AS HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE OVERSPEEDING THE ENGINE. HE STARTED A SHALLOW BANK TO THE LEFT AND FEELS THE WIND MAY HAVE PICKED UP THE RIGHT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED THAT EVENING AND PLACED BACK INTO THE TRAILER IT WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE AIRPORT EARLIER THAT DAY. THE INSPECTORS FOUND THE AIRCRAFT IN WINSTON-SALEM AT THE PREVIOUS OWNER'S (AND BUILDER'S) RESIDENCE. THE PIECE OF PROPELLER FROM THE SCENE MATCHED UP TO THE REMAINING PROPELLER ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO BE DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD MINOR INJURIES BUT HE DENIED THEY CAME FROM THE ACCIDENT.

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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