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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Thomasville, NC · July 24, 2013

Date
July 24, 2013 · 11:10 local
Place
Thomasville, NC
Airport
Hiatt
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 24, 2013, a rated us army aviator acting as PIC of a Pilatus porter(UV-20)#23254 aborted his takeoff on runway 9 at Hiatt Airport, a grass strip near Thomasville, NC. He impacted trees off the end of the runway. He was not injured. The pilot stated that there was a sudden reduction of power on the takeoff roll and he elected to abort rather than continue the takeoff. He was unable to stop the aircraft before it impacted the barrier of trees at the end of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 24, 2013, A RATED US ARMY AVIATOR ACTING AS PIC OF A PILATUS PORTER(UV-20)#23254 ABORTED HIS TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 9 AT HIATT AIRPORT, A GRASS STRIP NEAR THOMASVILLE, NC. HE IMPACTED TREES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SUDDEN REDUCTION OF POWER ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND HE ELECTED TO ABORT RATHER THAN CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE BARRIER OF TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.