# Incident 20170516003969I: Beachy Ronnie MODEL II, Kendallville, IN, May 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2017, 09:30 local time
- Place: Kendallville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4434° N, 85.2582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kendallville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4434&lon=-85.2582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N289RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N289RB-2025-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beachy Ronnie MODEL II (registry code 056166C, https://openairdocs.org/model/beachy-ronnie-model-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEACHY RONNIE MODEL II
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 46,795 total, 3 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170516003969I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE MAKING THEIR INITIAL TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 28, INSTRUCTOR ADVISED STUDENT TO ADD POWER SLOWLY AND TAKE HIS TIME AS THE RUNWAY WAS PLENTY LONG.  STUDENT PILOT ADDED FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING TOWARD THE LEFT AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE STUDENT APPLIED SUDDEN AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SUDDEN RIGHT TURN AND PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM GROUND LOOPING.  AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT.  NEITHER PILOT RECEIVED ANY INJURIES.

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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