20170528009719I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Haguewood Orien E HAGUEWOOD E RACER · Mojave, CA · May 28, 2017

Date: May 28, 2017 · 12:01 local
Place: Mojave, CA
Airport: Mojave Air & Sapaceport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N24ER
Reported as: Haguewood Orien E Haguewood E Racer
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 86 total1 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N24ERRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Haguewood Orien E HAGUEWOOD E RACERS/N 001A · Built 1992 Airframe modelHaguewood Orien E HAGUEWOOD E RACER Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot has no memory of incident. Pilot's wife stated pilot was only to conduct high speed taxi tests. Witness stated the aircraft became airborne with unstable pitch and flew for approximately 15 minutes upon return the aircraft was observed in a higher than normal rate of desent and upon hitting the ground lost control and flipped over. The aircraft was substantialll damaged. The pilot received serious injuries. The pilot is a student pilot and did not have the proper endorsement for solo flight in this aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAS NO MEMORY OF INCIDENT. PILOT'S WIFE STATED PILOT WAS ONLY TO CONDUCT HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTS. WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE WITH UNSTABLE PITCH AND FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES UPON RETURN THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RATE OF DESENT AND UPON HITTING THE GROUND LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLL DAMAGED. THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PILOT IS A STUDENT PILOT AND DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER ENDORSEMENT FOR SOLO FLIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT.