# Incident 20150525007769I: Bauer Robert J GENESIS, Salt Lake City, UT, May 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2015, 12:45 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: South Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6195° N, 111.9929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH VALLEY RGNL (SVR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6195&lon=-111.9929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N109SS-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bauer Robert J GENESIS (registry code 056266B, https://openairdocs.org/model/bauer-robert-j-genesis) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Verner MTR VM133M (registry code 63702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/verner-mtr-vm133m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAUER ROBERT J GENESIS
- Reported engine: VERNER MTR VM133M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150525007769I

## Narrative

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

WIND REPORTED PREVAILING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PILOT TOOK OFF HEADED SOUTH ON RUNWAY 16. LIFTED OFF FROM RUNWAY STATED RATE OF CLIMB 500' PER MIN. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM CLIMB RATE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. WHILE CLIMBING THE  PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHICH PLACED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A CROSS WIND SITUATION FROM THE LEFT. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TURN THE PILOT GAVE CONTROL TO THE PASSENGER (2ND PILOT) UPON DOING THIS THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT DIP IN THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT STATES AFTER THIS HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO GET IT ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AND WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING ERATIC. THE PILOT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY 34 ON THE SOUTHER SIDE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

A DOWNDRAFT WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT FOR CAUSE OF THE VIOLENT LEFT WING DIP.

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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