# Incident 20170528009719I: Haguewood Orien E HAGUEWOOD E RACER, Mojave, CA, May 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2017, 12:01 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave Air & Sapaceport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0525&lon=-118.1740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24ER-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Haguewood Orien E HAGUEWOOD E RACER (registry code 05620FE, https://openairdocs.org/model/haguewood-orien-e-haguewood-e-racer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAGUEWOOD ORIEN E HAGUEWOOD E RACER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170528009719I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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