# Accident 20130903017549A: Strong J/Strong B DREAM MACHINE, Bieber, CA, September 3, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2013, 08:20 local time
- Place: Bieber, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0981° N, 121.3153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0981&lon=-121.3153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9032Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9032Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Strong J/Strong B DREAM MACHINE (registry code 059009V, https://openairdocs.org/model/strong-j-strong-b-dream-machine) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STRONG J/STRONG B DREAM MACHINE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA398) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130903017549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED  THAT DURING TAKE OFF ROTATION HE FELT A SLIGHT TUG THEN A LARGER TUG. PILOT STATED HE THEN LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO SOME TREES. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE PHOTOGRAPHS REVEALED SOME OF THE PARACHUTE RISER LINES HAD BEEN SHEARED AT THE SAME LENGTH.

## 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 WPR13LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA398), Sep 3, 2013: Strong Dream Machine (N9032Y), Bieber, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain aircraft control during takeoff after several suspension lines became entangled in, and were subsequently severed by, the propeller blades.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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