# Incident 20160501004859I: Home Built STOL CH 750, Lakeville, MN, May 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2016, 20:45 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6279° N, 93.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRLAKE (LVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6279&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750WK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750WK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Koski Wayne M STOL CH 750 (registry code 05634SA, https://openairdocs.org/model/koski-wayne-m-stol-ch-750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Corvair 164 (registry code 18002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/corvair-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOME BUILT STOL CH 750
- Reported engine: CORVAIR 110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 1 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160501004859I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A SERIES OF "FAST TAXI" ON THE RUNWAY WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING CARBURETOR ISSUES DURING PHASE ONE CERTIFICATION FOR EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT UNINTENTIONALLY ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO LIFT OFF THE RUNWAY.  HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN DUE TO NOT HAVING ADEQUATE LENGTH TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY.  AT 400 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TRIED DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS TO REGAIN POWER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  HE LANDED IN A FIELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT TRAIN TRACKS, FLIPPED OVER, AND RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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