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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Vans RV-7 · Bluff, UT · September 3, 2016

Date: September 3, 2016 · 17:00 local
Place: Bluff, UT
Airport: Bluff Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N112AD
Reported as: Vans RV-7
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 520 total85 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N112ADRegistered now · Wltt RV-7S/N 73496 · Built 2015 Airframe modelWltt RV-7 Engine modelLycoming IO-390 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon touchdown the aircraft left wingtip rose and the pilot responded with some rudder input and a small throttle adjustment to compensate. As he was doing so the tailwheel airplane turned hard to the left and departed the runway to the side of the runway and the pilot made the decision to apply full power to initiate a go-around. He was unable to get the aircraft back into the air and while travelling through the sandy surface, unable to avoid a fence and made contact with 2 posts in the fence when passing through and crossed a service road on the other side of the fence where he was able to get the aircraft stopped, shut down and evacute himself and his passenger

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WINGTIP ROSE AND THE PILOT RESPONDED WITH SOME RUDDER INPUT AND A SMALL THROTTLE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPENSATE. AS HE WAS DOING SO THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO APPLY FULL POWER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR AND WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SANDY SURFACE, UNABLE TO AVOID A FENCE AND MADE CONTACT WITH 2 POSTS IN THE FENCE WHEN PASSING THROUGH AND CROSSED A SERVICE ROAD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED, SHUT DOWN AND EVACUTE HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER