# Accident 20160723013289A: Engineering & Research 415-CD, Collinsville, OK, July 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Collinsville, OK
- Airport: Sandridge Airpark Inc
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3539° N, 95.8033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3539&lon=-95.8033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2377H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2377H-2019-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-D (registry code 0420306, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENGINEERING & RESEARCH 415-CD
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,335 total, 49 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160723013289A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WITH HIS PASSENGER , HIS 13 YR. OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WERE ATTEMPTING A TAKE OFF TO THE SOUTH ON RUNWAY 17 AND AFTER GAINING SPEED, STATED THAT HE TRIED TO COAX THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR. HE THEN STATED HE LOOKED OVER AND THE RIGHT WING WAS QUITE LOW, NEXT THING HE KNEW THEY WERE GOING SW AT ABOUT 45 DEGREES ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A 10-12 IN. DIAMETER TREE. DAMAGE WAS AS FOLLOWS: SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT WING, BUCKLING OF THE FUSELAGE, BENT NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER DAMAGE AND  SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE 100 DEGREES F AND NO POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. IN HIS CLOSING STATEMENT HE SAID HIS GRANDDAUGHTER TOLD HIM SEVERAL HOURS LATER THAT SHE PROBABLY BRUSHED THE YOKE. NOTE: IN THE PILOTS INITIAL PHONE CONVERSATION WITH THIS OFFICE SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER STATED THAT HIS PASSENGER IN A PANIC GRABBED THE YOKE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA395), Jul 23, 2016: Engineering & Research 415 (N2377H), Collinsville, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in a high density altitude condition, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a tree.

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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