What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Reported that individual flipped aircraft upside down on its back during take-off on a grass,tundra strip. Spoke with the NTSB and after seeing pictures they said this classifies as an incident with minor damage rather than an accident and therefore will not assign an NTSB number.
As the FAA filed it
REPORTED THAT INDIVIDUAL FLIPPED AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN ON ITS BACK DURING TAKE-OFF ON A GRASS,TUNDRA STRIP. SPOKE WITH THE NTSB AND AFTER SEEING PICTURES THEY SAID THIS CLASSIFIES AS AN INCIDENT WITH MINOR DAMAGE RATHER THAN AN ACCIDENT AND THEREFORE WILL NOT ASSIGN AN NTSB NUMBER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N55WE · 1
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