# Incident 20170730016789I: Jim Faist CALIDUS, Blum, TX, July 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Blum, TX
- Airport: Fainting Goat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1106° N, 97.3562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAINTING GOAT (87TX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1106&lon=-97.3562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N507PF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N507PF-2019-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jim Faist CALIDUS (registry code 05631TK, https://openairdocs.org/model/jim-faist-calidus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JIM FAIST CALIDUS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,164 total, 24 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170730016789I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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