# Incident 20181017020209I: Minelli JUNGSTER I, Payette, ID, October 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2018, 13:05 local time
- Place: Payette, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0801° N, 116.9269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Payette, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0801&lon=-116.9269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Minelli JUNGSTER I (registry code 05629DT, https://openairdocs.org/model/minelli-jungster-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MINELLI JUNGSTER I
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,590 total, 1 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181017020209I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT TAXIED N15AM, A JUNGSTER I

EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, AT PAYETTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A SERIES OF HIGH-SPEED TAXI RUNS. HE HAD PURCHASED

THE AIRPLANE ELEVEN DAYS PRIOR. HAVING NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THIS AIRFRAME, HE WANTED TO TAKE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO GET A FEEL FOR THE AIRPLANE?S HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS.

HE PRACTICED TAXIING AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, GETTING USED TO THE AIRPLANE. THE WINDS WERE

LIGHT AND FAVORING RUNWAY 13 WITH AN OCCASIONAL LEFT CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PREFLIGHT, TAXI, AND RUNUP

WERE UNEVENTFUL. TAKING RUNWAY 13 FOR EACH RUN, THE PILOT WOULD ADD POWER TO APPROXIMATELY 1400-1700 RPM

TO RAISE THE TAIL, REDUCE POWER SLIGHTLY TO MAINTAIN THIS AIRSPEED (APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH) FOR SEVERAL

SECONDS, THEN REDUCE POWER FURTHER TO BRING THE AIRPLANE BACK INTO A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE. AT THE END OF EACH RUN HE

WOULD EXIT THE RUNWAY AT THE MIDFIELD TAXIWAY BEFORE RETURNING TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 13.

TOWARD THE END OF THE FIFTH RUN, WITH THE TAILWHEEL STILL IN THE AIR, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO YAW TO THE RIGHT AS

HE REDUCED POWER. HE CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER, BUT AS HE DID SO THE TAIL BEGAN TO SETTLE. HE REDUCED POWER

FURTHER AND PULLED THE CONTROL STICK AFT TO PIN THE TAILWHEEL TO THE RUNWAY. IN THIS ATTITUDE HIS FORWARD VIEW

WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY THE COWLING. HE LOOKED OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COWLING AND DID NOT SEE THE

RUNWAY CENTERLINE, INDICATING THAT HE WAS STILL ON, OR AT LEAST NEAR, THE CENTERLINE. AS HE SWITCHED HIS

VIEW TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COWLING HE REALIZED THAT HIS EARLIER RUDDER CORRECTION HAD STOPPED THE RIGHT TURN

BUT HAD BEEN INSUFFICIENT TO BRING THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AS THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE

RUNWAY WAS SURPRISINGLY NEAR.

REALIZING THAT HE WAS IN DANGER OF DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, HE SIMULTANEOUSLY CLOSED THE THROTTLE, ADDED MORE

LEFT RUDDER, AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. AT ABOUT THIS TIME, HE NOTICED THE CENTERLINE OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE TO THE LEFT. HE HEARD THE TIRES SKIDDING FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE MAIN GEAR ENTERED THE GRAVEL

AND DUG IN, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. IT PIVOTED OVER THE SPINNER AND CAME TO REST ON THE TOP WING AND

VERTICAL STABILIZER, FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHICH HE HAD COME.

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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