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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Branagh Charles J JUNIOR ACE · Merritt Island, FL · September 27, 2014

Date
September 27, 2014 · 02:04 local
Place
Merritt Island, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89554
Reported as
Branagh Charles J Junior ACE
Reported engine
Continental A-65-8
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor

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.

Unable to contact pilot.

Witness stated the aircraft did and abrupt pull up on rotation- wing dropped and made contact with the ground aircraft spun around ending up on the north taxiway with an orientation to the north

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CONTACT PILOT.

WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT DID AND ABRUPT PULL UP ON ROTATION- WING DROPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND ENDING UP ON THE NORTH TAXIWAY WITH AN ORIENTATION TO THE NORTH