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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Anderson Ross A-503 · Roswell, TX · March 22, 2014

Date
March 22, 2014 · 15:20 local
Place
Roswell, TX
Airport
Private Homeowner Runway
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7091U
Reported as
Anderson Ross A-503
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
95 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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.

On March 22, 2014, at approximately 1520 CDT, a 2003 Anderson Ross bearing registration number N7091U was departing a dirt strip located approximately 10 miles northeast of Roswell, new Mexico, and lost acceleration after rolling into a patch of dirt. The aircraft ground looped, clipped a barbed wire fence, and flipped over. One person aboard, pilot, sustained no injuries. The aircraft was being operated on a personal flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The flight originated from a private dirt strip in Roswell, new Mexico on March 22, 2014, at approximately 1520 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 22, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 CDT, A 2003 ANDERSON ROSS BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N7091U WAS DEPARTING A DIRT STRIP LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, AND LOST ACCELERATION AFTER ROLLING INTO A PATCH OF DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, CLIPPED A BARBED WIRE FENCE, AND FLIPPED OVER. ONE PERSON ABOARD, PILOT, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE DIRT STRIP IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO ON MARCH 22, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 CDT.