# Incident 20180325010159I: Dova As SKYLARK, Concord, CA, March 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2018, 11:47 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N511JP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dova SKYLARK (registry code 05901H3, https://openairdocs.org/model/dova-skylark) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOVA AS SKYLARK
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 140 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180325010159I

## Narrative

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

THE INTERVIEW OF THE INCIDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTED BY ASI/OPS AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS ASCERTAINED FROM THAT INTERVIEW.

THE INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED HE WAS THE PIC OF N511JP ON 03/25/2018 WITH ONE PASSENGER, HIS 17-YEAR-OLD GRANDNEPHEW, ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADMITTED FAULT AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED HE PERFORMED A PROPER PRE-FLIGHT BEFORE TAXIING OUT TO RUNWAY 32R. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT HE ALWAYS USES CHECKLISTS WHILE ON THE GROUND AND IN-FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A RUN-UP PROCEDURE PRIOR TO CALLING THE TOWER FOR TAKE-OFF CLEARANCE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 32R. HE INDICATED THE WIND DIRECTION AT TAKE-OFF WAS 280 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS AND WAS THIS WAS WITHIN HIS SKILL LEVEL AND LIMITATIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE LINED UP FOR TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 32R HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE ABRUPTLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED HIS NORMAL PROCEDURE WAS TO ADVANCE THE THROTTLE SMOOTHLY AND DID NOT KNOW WHY HE PERFORMED IT DIFFERENTLY ON THIS PARTICULAR TAKE-OFF. DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT AND WAS THEN HEADING FOR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 32R. HE COULD NOT RECALL HOW MUCH DISTANCE HE HAD TRAVELLED FROM THE START OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL TO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO YAW TO THE LEFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECALLED THAT HE TRIED TO MAKE A RUDDER CORRECTION TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARDS THE CENTERLINE, BUT BY THIS TIME, IT WAS TOO LATE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN AND HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COULD NOT RECALL THE EXACT CONTROL AND/OR THROTTLE IMPUTES HE MADE TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFTS TRAJECTORY AND BRING IT BACK TO CENTERLINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED HE THEN SHUT-OFF THE FUEL AND ASSISTED HIS PASSENGER FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT ALERT THE TOWER OF HIS INCIDENT, BUT IT APPEARED THAT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

## Other reports on N511JP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160209024089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160209024089I), Feb 9, 2016: Dova As SKYLARK (N511JP), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. ATC reported the aircraft came in requesting pattern work from the north. He went around the pattern for 4 or 5 landings. As he made this particular approach…

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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