# Incident 20161215021909I: Higher Class Aviation SPORT HORNET, El Cajon, CA, December 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2016, 12:08 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HIGHER CLASS AVIATION SPORT HORNET
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 280 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161215021909I

## Narrative

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

GILLESPIE FIELD CA (KSEE)  EL CAJON WHILE TAKING OFF FROM 27L AND AT APPROXIMATELY 100FT AGL THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE SPUDDER AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT  BEGAN TO SHAKING.    THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY AND GAUGED THE SPEED TO BE 80KTS, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY AND STRUCK A DEPRESSION IN THE FIELD CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO SHEAR OFF.   AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT ALTHOUGH THE FUEL TANKS WERE FULL THE CARBERETURS WERE STARVED OF FUEL.   THE MAIN FUEL SUPPLY LINE HAD GOTTEN SNAGGED ON THE WING FLAP CONTROL HORN.  WHEN THE FLAPS RETRACTED THE FUEL LINE WAS BENT IN HALF THUS CUTTING FUEL TO BOTH CARBURETORS AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION.  ONCE THE LINE WAS STRAIGHTENED THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY.

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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