# Incident 20151104018859I: Wiscasset, ME, November 4, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2015, 08:40 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0108° N, 69.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wiscasset, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0108&lon=-69.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 25 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151104018859I

## Narrative

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

ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN OPERATED FOR 2 YEARS, ON RUNWAY 25.  AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER, THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO OCCILATE FROM SIDE TO SIDE.  HE APPLIED FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL, WHICH RAISED THE TAIL OFF THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED THE PAPI LIGHT BOX NEAREST TO THE RUNWAY, LOCATED 500 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE RUNWAY FROM THE TAXIWAY.

THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE PAPI BOX UNDER POWER AND WAS DESTROYED.  THE TAIL WHEEL WAS ALSO DAMAGED.  NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON THE ENGINE COWLING OR FIREWALL.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND DEFORMED AREAS OF THE ALUMINUM WING STRUTS, AND HOLES IN THE UPPER FABRIC OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT THE HOLES WERE A RESULT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL MECHANISM RUBBING THE FABRIC AND WERE PRESENT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

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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