# Accident 20160608009239A: Minimax 1200Z, Batesville, IN, June 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Batesville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2972° N, 85.2142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Batesville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2972&lon=-85.2142&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MINIMAX 1200Z
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160608009239A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 08, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (1700Z), AN UNREGISTERED MINIMAX 1200Z AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WOODED AREA SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BATESVILLE AIRPORT (HLB), BATESVILLE, INDIANA. THE IMPACT SITE WAS NEAR DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR ON BOARD, WHO HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOTS CERTIFICATE, WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PILOT SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT STATED THEY SAW TWO PEOPLE ASSEMBLE THE WINGS TO THE AIRCRAFT THIRTY MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR AT HLB, WITNESS TO THE EVENT, ADVISED THE PILOT TO ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE OF HIGH-SPEED TAXI CHECKS PRIOR TO ACTUAL TAKEOFF TO ENSURE ENGINE AND FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE OPERATING PROPERLY. THE SUPERVISOR ALSO SAID THAT ON THE SECOND TAXI, THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF. THE WITNESS SAID THAT DURING THE TAKE-OFF CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT AND THEN DESCENDED INTO THE WOODS EAST OF THE AIRPORT.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ELEVATOR FELT LOOSE IN THE LEFT TURN. HE THEN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN THE TURN. HE STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE AIRCRAFT SINCE ASSEMBLY. HE WAS ALSO UNAWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING AN ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE.

BECAUSE EMERGENCY CREWS SEVERED THE CONTROL CABLES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RIGHT WING, CONTINUITY OF THE CABLES IS NOT COMPLETELY DETERMINED. THERE WAS FUEL REMAINING IN THE INTACT TANK WITH THE OTHER TANK SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE INLINE FUEL FILTER CONTAINED FUEL. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL FINDINGS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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