20170728012699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Homebuilt RV4 · Wapingers Falls, NY · July 28, 2017

Date
July 28, 2017 · 12:00 local
Place
Wapingers Falls, NY
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9214
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA480
Reported as
Homebuilt RV4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total8 in this make and model9 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.

Airport: kpou. Runway 06, tower cleared aircraft N9214 for takeoff. On takeoff roll aircraft veered to the left, pilot stated he overcorrected aircraft to the right. Aircraft groundlooped, while veering right of runway 06, the aircraft then nosed over and came to rest in the grass off the right side of runway 06. The aircraft struck one taxi light and one runway light in the proccess of veering off the right of runway 06.

Aircraft damage: composite propeller cracked, lower portion of composite engine cowling crushed/cracked, engine exhaust pipe bent, firewall bent.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPORT: KPOU. RUNWAY 06, TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT N9214 FOR TAKEOFF. ON TAKEOFF ROLL AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, PILOT STATED HE OVERCORRECTED AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED, WHILE VEERING RIGHT OF RUNWAY 06, THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 06. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ONE TAXI LIGHT AND ONE RUNWAY LIGHT IN THE PROCCESS OF VEERING OFF THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 06.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: COMPOSITE PROPELLER CRACKED, LOWER PORTION OF COMPOSITE ENGINE COWLING CRUSHED/CRACKED, ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE BENT, FIREWALL BENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.