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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dishon P James EXCALIBUR · Clifton, TX · August 7, 2013

Date
August 7, 2013 · 09:00 local
Place
Clifton, TX
Airport
Clifton Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N65083
Reported as
Dishon P James Excalibur
Reported engine
ROTAX 503 DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
30 in this make and model

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.

Pilot attempting take off from rwy 14 7F7. Climb to 150 AGL when engine lost power. Landed on side of rwy. Nose and left main gear broke off. Some wing top damage. Engine still running after impact. Pilot had no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTING TAKE OFF FROM RWY 14 7F7. CLIMB TO 150 AGL WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER. LANDED ON SIDE OF RWY. NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF. SOME WING TOP DAMAGE. ENGINE STILL RUNNING AFTER IMPACT. PILOT HAD NO INJURIES.