# Accident 20130923020479A: Graber John M AERO-MAX, Brookshire, TX, September 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Brookshire, TX
- Airport: Sport Flyers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8381° N, 95.9500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPORT FLYERS (27XS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8381&lon=-95.9500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4070P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4070P-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Graber John M AERO-MAX (registry code 05622QJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/graber-john-m-aero-max) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRABER JOHN M AERO-MAX
- Reported engine: HIRTH F-23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130923020479A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND PROTRUDING FROM THE EAST FACING RIGHTHAND HANGER DOOR, TILTING TO THE LEFT WITH SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. DURING A INTERVIEW THE AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE WAS PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED TAXI WITH NO INTETION OF FLIGHT, ON RUNWAY 35, WHEN IT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) LOST HIS FOOTING FROM THE RIGHT HAND RUDDER STIRRUP, DISTRACTING THE PIC WHO, UNKNOWINGLY, INPUTED MOVEMENTS INTO THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT OR TO THE WEST. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE HANGER DOORS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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