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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · 2017 Rose Herbert D. PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER · Tower City, PA · August 9, 2017

Date
August 9, 2017 · 09:00 local
Place
Tower City, PA
Airport
Bendigo Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N709HR
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA17LA269
Reported as
2017 Rose Herbert D. Pietenpol AIR Camper
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
9 in this make and model

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 surveillance camera recorded taxi, takeoff, stall and impact. Aircraft appeared to yaw several times during initial takeoff. Aircraft pitched up steeply, began to turn to the left, aircraft stalled, rotated left and struck the ground in a left wing low, nose down attitude. No post impact fire.

Surveillance camera video forwarded to NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE CAMERA RECORDED TAXI, TAKEOFF, STALL AND IMPACT. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO YAW SEVERAL TIMES DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP STEEPLY, BEGAN TO TURN TO THE LEFT, AIRCRAFT STALLED, ROTATED LEFT AND STRUCK THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING LOW, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. NO POST IMPACT FIRE.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERA VIDEO FORWARDED TO NTSB.

NTSB investigation

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