# Incident 20190706009309I: Heady David L LANCAIR ES, Decatur, IL, July 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2019, 08:45 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N146CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N146CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heady David L LANCAIR ES (registry code 05612C6, https://openairdocs.org/model/heady-david-l-lancair-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HEADY DAVID L LANCAIR ES
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190706009309I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 6, 2019 AT ABOUT 8:45 LOCAL TIME, N146CA VEERED OFF OF RUNWAY 36 DURING TAKEOFF AT DECATUR AIRPORT IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS.  AFTER LIFTING OFF THE PIC LOWERED THE NOSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN IMMINENT STALL.  THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO CONTACT THE PAVEMENT AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT AND WAS SHEERED OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWLING, NOSE GEAR, AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER.

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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