# Accident 20181126022879A: Scott Taylor ECLIPSE 10, Kanab, UT, November 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Kanab, UT
- Airport: Kanab Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0105° N, 112.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANAB MUNI (KNB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0105&lon=-112.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scott Taylor ECLIPSE 10 (registry code 05635O8, https://openairdocs.org/model/scott-taylor-eclipse-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCOTT TAYLOR ECLIPSE 10
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 285 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181126022879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE SET OUT FOR FLIGHT FOR KANAB, UT AFTER ENGINE UPGRADED AND REPAIRED FLIGHT CHECK, THAT WAS PROPERLY RETURNED TO SERVICE, BY AIRPLANE MECHANIC.

PILOT STATED HE OBSERVED A STRAIGHT ROAD IN THE AREA OF PINK CORAL SANDS.

PILOT STATED HE MADE SEVERAL PASSES TO VERIFY AREA OF ROAD.

PILOT STATED AS SOON AS HE LANDED, THE SOIL WAS NOT DIRT, INSTEAD PRETTY SOFT SAND.

PILOT STATED AFTER A COUPLE DIFFERENT RUNS IN BOTH DICTIONS, HE SPUN BLADES UP TO HIGHER RPMS, AND UNDER ESTIMATING

THE DRAG OF THE SAND AND TORQUE OF ENGINE MADE THE PLANE VEER TO THE LEFT.

ADDITIONAL SPEED AND MOMENTUM THE PLANE QUICKLY VEERED TOWARD A BUSH.

PILOT STATED HE THEN HIT THE BUSH AND SPUN PLANE TO THE RIGHT WITH ROTER RPMS IT OVERTURNED QUICKLY AND RATER BLADES THE STRUCK THE SAND, AND MADE A ABRUPT STOP.

PILOT STATED HE MADE A BAD JUGEMENT CALL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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