# Incident 20140829020349I: Preceptor Aircraft STOL KING, Maryville, TN, August 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2014, 10:00 local time
- Place: Maryville, TN
- Airport: Montevale Airpark Pvt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7478° N, 83.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maryville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7478&lon=-83.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6573, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6573) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Preceptor STOL KING (registry code 05904KM, https://openairdocs.org/model/preceptor-stol-king) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PRECEPTOR AIRCRAFT STOL KING
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR LOM
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140829020349I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 EST THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DEPART MONTEVALE AIRPARK FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO DENVER COLORADO.  VMC METEROLOGICAL WEATHER EXISTED, WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT BREEZE.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE SET UP THE AIRCRAFT FOR A "0" DEGREE FLAP TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION.  HE BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND TRACKED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE CENTERLINE WITH A NORMAL AMOUNT OF RUDDER PRESSURE.  AT ABOUT 400 FEET INTO THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT BEGAN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SIDE SLIP TO THE LEFT AND BEGAN TO PITCH UP.  HE STATED HE APPLIED OPPOSITE RUDDER, AILERON, AND ELEVATOR PRESSURE ON THE STICK.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RESPONDED BUT THEN RETURNED TO A LEFT SLIP.  THE PROCESS REPEATED A FEW MORE TIMES DURING CLIMB OUT.  THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO ABORT THE CLIMB OUT IN THE FIRST ONE-THIRD PART OF THE RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN.  HE STATED HE MANAGED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE.  AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ENTER ANOTHER LEFT SLIP, WHICH INCREASED HIS DESCENT RATE.  SUBSEQUENTLY, HE LANDED HARD ON THE LANDING GEAR, THE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY ASPHALT AT ABOUT THE MID POINT RIGHT ON THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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