47.7155° N, 104.1672° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sidney, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 27, 2017 · 19:30 local
Place
Sidney, MT
Airport
Sidney
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N87265
Reported as
Golden Circle Air T-BIRD II
Reported engine
ROTAX 582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total5 in the last 90 days
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.
Student pilot was taxing his aircraft down the runway at high speed when it became airborne and then proceeded to porpoise and veered of the runway doing minor damage to the right main gear.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXING HIS AIRCRAFT DOWN THE RUNWAY AT HIGH SPEED WHEN IT BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO PORPOISE AND VEERED OF THE RUNWAY DOING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.