20161008025399A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Melborn Joe B KOLB SPORT 600 · Roberts, ID · October 8, 2016

Date
October 8, 2016 · 13:30 local
Place
Roberts, ID
Airport
Pvt Strip
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N914NK
Reported as
Melborn Joe B Kolb Sport 600
Reported engine
ROTAX 914UL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,864 total500 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The airman reported that after takeoff at 100' AGL the engine started to lose power. A return to airport was initiated but the aircraft power loss continued and the aircraft landed short of the runway in a field of brush where on rollout it struck a debris pile and flipped on its back.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AT 100' AGL THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. A RETURN TO AIRPORT WAS INITIATED BUT THE AIRCRAFT POWER LOSS CONTINUED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A FIELD OF BRUSH WHERE ON ROLLOUT IT STRUCK A DEBRIS PILE AND FLIPPED ON ITS BACK.