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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sopwith PUP (Asel - Biplane) · Polk City, FL · May 30, 2018

Date
May 30, 2018 · 13:00 local
Place
Polk City, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6205
Reported as
Sopwith PUP (Asel - Biplane)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

Pilot flew for a photo shoot. Upon flying down the runway the engine cowling came loose and was distroyed by the spining engine. Cowling pieces ripped holes in the fabric and damaged the leading edge. Main spar undamaged.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW FOR A PHOTO SHOOT. UPON FLYING DOWN THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE COWLING CAME LOOSE AND WAS DISTROYED BY THE SPINING ENGINE. COWLING PIECES RIPPED HOLES IN THE FABRIC AND DAMAGED THE LEADING EDGE. MAIN SPAR UNDAMAGED.