20190109007369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Donald D Belcher CAVALON · Nephi, UT · January 9, 2019

Date: January 9, 2019 · 08:10 local
Place: Nephi, UT
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N117PV
Reported as: Donald D Belcher Cavalon
Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 25 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N117PVRegistered now · Donald D Belcher CAVALONS/N V00189 · Built 2015 Airframe modelDonald D Belcher CAVALON Engine modelRotax 914UL4 cycle

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.

According to the pilot, "I initiated the takeoff procedures that had been drilled into my mind over and over agian. Counting down, out loud, each step from 1 through 4 of the gyroplane takeoff procedures. Approximately 20 to 30 feet into my takeoff roll, the nose of the aircraft abruptly came up. I immediately pulled the power back and lowered the nose." At this point in time, the nose contacted the ground and the aircraft rolled over on its right side off the runway. One person was on board the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, "I INITIATED THE TAKEOFF PROCEDURES THAT HAD BEEN DRILLED INTO MY MIND OVER AND OVER AGIAN. COUNTING DOWN, OUT LOUD, EACH STEP FROM 1 THROUGH 4 OF THE GYROPLANE TAKEOFF PROCEDURES. APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 FEET INTO MY TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY CAME UP. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE POWER BACK AND LOWERED THE NOSE." AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE NOSE CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE OFF THE RUNWAY. ONE PERSON WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.