# Accident 20121011024219A: Corkum Reginald R LIGHTNING, Chuckey, TN, October 11, 2012 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 11, 2012, 14:30 local time - Place: Chuckey, TN - Airport: Hensley Airpark - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.1833° N, 82.6789° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1833&lon=-82.6789&mi=10 - Aircraft: N290AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N290AL-2018-02-13) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Corkum Reginald R LIGHTNING (registry code 056311K, https://openairdocs.org/model/corkum-reginald-r-lightning) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CORKUM REGINALD R LIGHTNING - Reported engine: JABIUR 3300A - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA017) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121011024219A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT TIME/CHECK RIDES/SAFETY CLASSES ATTENDED COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. WHY? ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS PARALYZED FROM CHEST DOWN AND NON RESPONSIVE.SECOND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ONLY TOUCHED THE CONTROLS TO AVOID HITTING HOUSE. HE IS CURRENTLY A DELTA PILOT AND HIS REPRESENTATION ALPA STATED HE WAS CURRENT AND QUAILIFIED.THIS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR AIRCRAFT WAS PURCHASED FOUR YEARS EARLY. SET IN OWNERS HANGER NEVER BUILT, OWNER (REGINAL CORKUM) RECENTLY SENT THE AIRCRAFT TO FACTORY TO USE THE FACTORY ASSIST BUILDERS PROGRAM. N290AL SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER PHASE I LIMITATIONS WHICH STATES NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD FOR THE FIRST 40 HOURS.TWO PILOTS WERE IN FACT ONBOARD. THE ACTING PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS "FLYING" THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL THE LAST SECONDS AND THEN THE SECOND PILOT TOOK THE CONTROLS TO MISS A HOUSE, THIS PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS AN CFI CERTIFICATE AND COMMERICAL RATINGS, WITH THIRD CLASS MEDICAL PROVISIONS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A CURRENT CFI, ATP, AND WORKS FOR DELTA AIRLINES.THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN 20 HOURS AT FACTORY AND THEN FLOWN TO THE HENSLEY AIRPARK WHERE ALL THREE INDIVIDUALS LIVE-(TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD AND OWNER).THE FAA AND NTSB WERE TOLD BY OWNER CORKUM THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD FLOWN THIS AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATLEY 5 HOURS BEFORE CRASH OCCURRED. THE OWNER COULD NOT FLY THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE HE DID NOT PASS THE CHECK RIDE FROM FACTORY PILOTS FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES.WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN RUNWAY 19 BOUNCING, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THEY WERE DOING FAST TAXI AND NOT REALLY TRYING TO TAKEOFF. UPON THE END OF RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED AROUND AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 1. THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE MAYBE 30 TO 50 FEET AND BEGAN TO "WOBBLE" AND EVENTUALLY DEPARTED CENTER LINE.PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (DURING THE FLIGHT) SOMETHING DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT, AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED INTO HOMES AND SECOND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE CONTROLS AND CRASHED IN A SMALL GRASS AREA OPPOSITE TO PRIOR HEADING.AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RT WING LEFT OF CENTER LINE IN GRASS AREA CARTWHEELED BREAKING THE ENGINE AND NOSE OFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS/IS PARALIZED FROM HIS MIDSECTION DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS FACIAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAT FLAPS WERE NOTED AT CRASH SITE TO BE 40 DEGREES DOWN, THE EFIS WAS REMOVED AND SHIPPED TO NTSB WASHINGTON FOR POSSIBLE READING ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ERA13FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA017), Oct 11, 2012: Arion Lightning (N290AL), Chuckey, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in an attempted takeoff at a high gross weight, near the limit of its aft center of gravity, and with the airplane incorrectly configured… 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. 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