# Incident 20190109007369I: Donald D Belcher CAVALON, Nephi, UT, January 9, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2019, 08:10 local time
- Place: Nephi, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7045° N, 111.8335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nephi, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7045&lon=-111.8335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117PV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117PV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Donald D Belcher CAVALON (registry code 05634TR, https://openairdocs.org/model/donald-d-belcher-cavalon) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DONALD D BELCHER CAVALON
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190109007369I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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