# Incident 20170611016509I: Stephen Cabiroy XL-RG-5, Mattaponi, VA, June 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2017, 13:35 local time
- Place: Mattaponi, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5349° N, 76.7727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mattaponi, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5349&lon=-76.7727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stephen Cabiroy XL-RG-5 (registry code 05635GM, https://openairdocs.org/model/stephen-cabiroy-xl-rg-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEPHEN CABIROY XL-RG-5
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170611016509I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS OPERATING HIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PHASE 1 TESTING. HE WAS TESTING THE MAX GROSS WEIGHT AND USED 100 LBS LESS THAN WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE MAX TAKE OFF WEIGHT FOR THE GIVEN CONDITIONS AND C.G. THE PILOT ABORTED AT THE HALF WAY POINT ON THE RUNWAY AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT ABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN TIME AND HE RAN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT MADE APPROPRIATE CALCULATIONS. HE ALSO HAD A SECOND QUALIFIED PILOT ON BOARD HOWEVER HAD NOT MADE APPROPRIATE COORDINATION WITH THE RICHMOND FSDO FOR HIS OPERATING LIMITATIONS. HE WAS USING THE APPROPRIATE ADVISORY CIRCULAR OTHERWISE.

## Other reports on N735D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190821019349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190821019349A), Aug 21, 2019: Stephen Cabiroy XL-RG-5 (N735D), Saint Cloud, FL, Destroyed. The pilot took off from kissimmee airport (kism) en-route to sebastian (KX26), Florida. The take off and climb out were normal. As soon as kissimmee tower…

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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