# Incident 20140621012129I: Bailey-Moyes DRAGONFLY, Currituck, NC, June 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2014, 10:50 local time
- Place: Currituck, NC
- Airport: Currituck County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3999° N, 76.0154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CURRITUCK COUNTY RGNL (ONX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3999&lon=-76.0154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2093P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2093P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bailey-Moyes DRAGONFLY (registry code 05901XC, https://openairdocs.org/model/bailey-moyes-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAILEY-MOYES DRAGONFLY
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 61 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140621012129I

## Narrative

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

06/21/2014 TRAVELED TO ACCIDENT SCENE LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY IN CURRITUCK COUNTY AIRPORT (ONX)

06/21/2014 AIRCRAFT  N2093P A BAILEY- MORRIS DRAGONFLY PILOTED BY  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR ON LANDING, LOCATED AT THE CURRITUCK COUNTY AIRPORT.

IN A STATEMENT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  STATED THAT AFTER TAKE OFF FROM THE GRASS STRIP PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 23THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.

HE DECIDED TO TROUBLESHOOT AND CORRECT IT.

HE COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM SO HE DECIDED TO LAND IN THE FIELD BEHIND THE HANGARS , THAT WAS CLOSER THAN THE FIELD USED FOR DEPARTURE.

HE MADE AN AIRPORT LANDING BUT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY IN THE TALL WET GRASS BEFORE HITTING THE HANGAR.

THE ENGINE STOPPED ON ITS OWN AND HE UN-BUCKLED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

IT WAS NOTED THE AIRCRAFT HAD TUBING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

IT WAS NOTED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

ON A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE STATED THAT THE CARBUREATORS WERE NOT ADJUSTED CORRECTLY AND THE IGNITION UNIT HAD AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE.

IT IS THE OPINION OF THE INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  DID NOT VIOLATE ANY FAR'S AND OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT AS HE HAD BEEN TRAINED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

## Other reports on N2093P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120715021889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120715021889I), Jul 15, 2012: Bailey-Moyes DRAGONFLY (N2093P), Currituck, NC, Minor damage. Engine or wing failed, pilot pulled the ballistic parachute, and settled to the water hitting at about 5 to 7 miles per hour.

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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