# Accident 20170513009689A: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW, Weatheford, TX, May 13, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2017, 18:20 local time
- Place: Weatheford, TX
- Airport: Driftwood Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5669° N, 97.8075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5669&lon=-97.8075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616NG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616NG-2017-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW (registry code 056321O, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-doo-ajdovscina-virus-sw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS2 (registry code 55599, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL DOO AJDOVSCINA VIRUS SW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 270 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170513009689A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13, 2017 AIRCRAFT N616NG S/N 742WN100 WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 15 AT DRIFTWOOD RANCH AIRPORT IN WEATHERFORD, TX. AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 LOCAL THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO. UPON  ROTATION THE PILOT INDUCED A HIGH PITCH UP ATTITIDE. THE LEFT WING STALLED CAUSING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN SHARPLY AND CONTACT THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ALONG THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 - 70 FEET AND COMING TO A REST POINTED 180 DEGRESS FROM ITS INITIAL TAKEOFF HEADING. UPON IMPACTING THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING AND LEFT FLAP WERE DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RIGHT WING WAS SUBSTANTIALY DAMAGED AND HAD BEEN TORN FROM ITS MOUNTING POINTS BUT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE BROKEN FROM THE PROPPELER HUB. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FORWARD. THE TAIL WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF AT APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET FORWARD OF THE EMPANAGE AND WAS HANGING BY THE FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES. AIRCRAFT FUEL STAINING COULD BE SEEN ON THE RUNWAY AROUND THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO FATALITIES.

CONDUCTED A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC ON 06/22/2017. IN HIS WORDS HE STATED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING A TOUCH AND GO TAKOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRODUCING FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED ROTATE SPEED. UPON  TAKEOFF CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT  EXPERIEINCED A CROSSWING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.  DUE TO THE OBSTACLES THAT WERE IN THE AREA HE PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS PITCHING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP TO GAIN ALTITUDE. BY DOING SO HE PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO STEEP NOSE UP ATTITUDE THAT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO STALL AND ULTIMATELY CASUING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT THE GROUND RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN17LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA182), May 13, 2017: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina Virus SW (N616NG), Weatherford, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin.

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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