20190417002969I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aero SP Z O O AT-4 LSA · Punta Gorda, FL · April 17, 2019

Date
April 17, 2019 · 16:07 local
Place
Punta Gorda, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N708GB
Reported as
Aero SP Z O O AT-4 LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
325 total

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 made an intersection takeoff on runway 15 at pgd as he accelerated he said something did not feel right and aborted the take off and when exiting the runway the brake failed and the aircraft departed the taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE AN INTERSECTION TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 15 AT PGD AS HE ACCELERATED HE SAID SOMETHING DID NOT FEEL RIGHT AND ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND WHEN EXITING THE RUNWAY THE BRAKE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY.