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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Trace Don R S12XL · Plymouth, CT · May 18, 2013

Date: May 18, 2013 · 14:12 local
Place: Plymouth, CT
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2070T
Reported as: Trace Don R S12XL
Reported engine: ROTAX 582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,002 total70 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N2070TRegistration cancelled Jul 25, 2013 · Trace Don R S12XLS/N 07020948 · Built 2006 Airframe modelTrace Don R S12XL Engine modelRotax 582SER2 cycle

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.

This has been downgraded to an incident due to new evidence, pictures I received from the local police department who were on scene. The aircraft had very little damage caused by the landing, it was mostly caused by the tree removal process.

The aircraft departed runway 17, at approx 500 AGL the engine sputtered once the completely shut down. The pilot turned right to attempt to return to the aiport, but due to boyscouts in the area he maneuvered the aircraft to attempt to reach a different location on the airport. The aircraft was not able to reach the airport and the pilot maintained control and the aircraft settled into the trees approx 1000 ft short of the airfield. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

THIS HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT DUE TO NEW EVIDENCE, PICTURES I RECEIVED FROM THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WERE ON SCENE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD VERY LITTLE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE LANDING, IT WAS MOSTLY CAUSED BY THE TREE REMOVAL PROCESS.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 17, AT APPROX 500 AGL THE ENGINE SPUTTERED ONCE THE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT TURNED RIGHT TO ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE AIPORT, BUT DUE TO BOYSCOUTS IN THE AREA HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO ATTEMPT TO REACH A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT AND THE PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE TREES APPROX 1000 FT SHORT OF THE AIRFIELD. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.