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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sonex ONEX · Novato, CA · June 18, 2014

Date
June 18, 2014 · 09:30 local
Place
Novato, CA
Airport
Gnoss Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5343E
Reported as
Sonex Onex
Reported engine
Aeroconver AEROVEE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1 in this make and model34 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.

During takeoff roll on rwy 31, Gnoss Field, pilot over corrected rudder input and lost control of aircraft resulting in right side departure of rwy and coming to stop nose first in drainage ditch along east edge of rwy. POB: one, injuries: none.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 31, GNOSS FIELD, PILOT OVER CORRECTED RUDDER INPUT AND LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN RIGHT SIDE DEPARTURE OF RWY AND COMING TO STOP NOSE FIRST IN DRAINAGE DITCH ALONG EAST EDGE OF RWY. POB: ONE, INJURIES: NONE.