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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jim Faist CALIDUS · Blum, TX · July 30, 2017

Date: July 30, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place: Blum, TX
Airport: Fainting Goat
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N507PF
Reported as: Jim Faist Calidus
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,164 total24 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

N507PFRegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2019 · Jim Faist CALIDUSS/N C00282 · Built 2014 Airframe modelJim Faist CALIDUS Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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.

On instructional flight with CFI and student pilot. Student pre-rotated rotor to 200 RPM, released brakes, and began takeoff roll. Student did not apply sufficient power; CFI pushed power control forward. Student realized front wheel was coming up, noticed he was pulling back on stick, pushed stick forward regaining control. Then student pulled back on stick again. Aircraft ballooned up, rotated to the left.

The rotor struck, aircraft turned on its left side. Rotor, propeller, and canopy were destroyed.

Both reported no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH CFI AND STUDENT PILOT. STUDENT PRE-ROTATED ROTOR TO 200 RPM, RELEASED BRAKES, AND BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL. STUDENT DID NOT APPLY SUFFICIENT POWER; CFI PUSHED POWER CONTROL FORWARD. STUDENT REALIZED FRONT WHEEL WAS COMING UP, NOTICED HE WAS PULLING BACK ON STICK, PUSHED STICK FORWARD REGAINING CONTROL. THEN STUDENT PULLED BACK ON STICK AGAIN. AIRCRAFT BALLOONED UP, ROTATED TO THE LEFT.

THE ROTOR STRUCK, AIRCRAFT TURNED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. ROTOR, PROPELLER, AND CANOPY WERE DESTROYED.

BOTH REPORTED NO INJURIES.