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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pence Eddie F TERATORN TIERRA II · Deer Creek, IL · August 11, 2012

Date
August 11, 2012 · 10:25 local
Place
Deer Creek, IL
Airport
Deer Creek Rla
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N94PW
Reported as
Pence Eddie F Teratorn Tierra II
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total100 in this make and model10 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.

Airman states that during the initial takeoff roll from a rural landing area the right wingtip contacted an adjacent corn crop abruptly spinning the aircraft approximately 90 degrees before coming to a stop causing minor damge to the landing gear

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN STATES THAT DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL FROM A RURAL LANDING AREA THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED AN ADJACENT CORN CROP ABRUPTLY SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP CAUSING MINOR DAMGE TO THE LANDING GEAR