# Accident 20161029023249A: Blountstown, FL, October 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2016, 07:30 local time
- Place: Blountstown, FL
- Airport: Calhoun County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4870° N, 85.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CALHOUN COUNTY (F95), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4870&lon=-85.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161029023249A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29, 2016, AT 07:30 CDT, THE LIGHT SPORT WITH NO ?N? REGISTRATION NUMBER, OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL PILOTING THE WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROLLED TRIKE, CRASHED ON THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36 OF THE F95 CALHOUN COUNTY AIRPORT WHILE ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TWO-SEAT TRIKE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT/ NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED SUSTAINING FRACTURES AND ABRASIONS. PILOT STATED THAT RIGHT AFTER DOING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND WHEN HE WAS APPROXIMATELY SOME 30 FEET AGL HIS FOOT SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE GAS PEDAL, AND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO PLACE  HIS FOOT ON THE PEDAL THE ULTRALIGHT DIVED TO THE GROUND WITHOUT ENOUGH TIME FOR HIM TO REGAIN CONTROL OF IT.

PILOT WAS COUNSELED FOR OBTAINING PROPER TRAINING AND LIGHT SPORT CERTIFICATION AS WELL AS PROPERLY REGISTERING THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FLYING THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FUTURE.

## 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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