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FAA incident report · Innovative Flight Solutions STALKER MPTV 1.2 · Edinburgh, IN · July 10, 2014

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Date
July 10, 2014 · 08:37 local
Place
Edinburgh, IN
Airport
Camp Atterbury
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N437XS
Reported as
Innovative Flight Solutions Stalker Mptv 1.2
Reported engine
MAZDA 13B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Flight instructor, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total260 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days
N437XSRegistered now · Innovative Flight Solutions STALKER MPTV 1.2S/N 001 · Built 2011Airframe modelInnovative Flight Solutions STALKER MPTV 1.2Engine modelMazda 13BReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This aircraft was operated under an experimental market survey certificate. It was being demonstrated to military persons at Camp Atterbury for undisclosed types of operations. Following repeated flight demonstrations from a particular landing site, the aircraft was moved to a different take-off site. The new site was narrower than the previous site used for the demonstrations. The new site was described by the pilot as little wider than the canopy of the aircraft. On the takeoff roll, just prior to achieving full lift from the canopy, a wheel of the aircraft edged off of runway, resulting in the aircraft departing the makeshift runway. The aircraft proceeded down an embankment, upsetting the aircraft.

The aircraft sustained minor damage consisting of:

A broken propeller ? The ?hoop ring? Which protects the parachute cord from the propeller was bent inward and contacted the propeller, damaging one of the three propeller blades. The right nav/strobe combo light assembly was damaged. The right front tire camber knocked out of adjustment.

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER AN EXPERIMENTAL MARKET SURVEY CERTIFICATE. IT WAS BEING DEMONSTRATED TO MILITARY PERSONS AT CAMP ATTERBURY FOR UNDISCLOSED TYPES OF OPERATIONS. FOLLOWING REPEATED FLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS FROM A PARTICULAR LANDING SITE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT TAKE-OFF SITE. THE NEW SITE WAS NARROWER THAN THE PREVIOUS SITE USED FOR THE DEMONSTRATIONS. THE NEW SITE WAS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT AS LITTLE WIDER THAN THE CANOPY OF THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, JUST PRIOR TO ACHIEVING FULL LIFT FROM THE CANOPY, A WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT EDGED OFF OF RUNWAY, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE MAKESHIFT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, UPSETTING THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE CONSISTING OF:

A BROKEN PROPELLER ? THE ?HOOP RING? WHICH PROTECTS THE PARACHUTE CORD FROM THE PROPELLER WAS BENT INWARD AND CONTACTED THE PROPELLER, DAMAGING ONE OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES. THE RIGHT NAV/STROBE COMBO LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAMBER KNOCKED OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.