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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Titan TORNADO · Calera, AL · July 18, 2019

Date
July 18, 2019 · 15:45 local
Place
Calera, AL
Airport
Shelby County
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29990
Reported as
Titan Tornado
Reported engine
ROTAX 503 DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total1 in this make and model

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 attempted a take off but aborted due to aircraft not becoming airborne. Pilot attempted second take off but this time using 15 degrees of flaps. Once aircraft became airborne, the aircraft pitched nose down. Pilot was unable to recover before aircraft struck the runway, bounced and came to rest on the grass adjacent to the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED A TAKE OFF BUT ABORTED DUE TO AIRCRAFT NOT BECOMING AIRBORNE. PILOT ATTEMPTED SECOND TAKE OFF BUT THIS TIME USING 15 DEGREES OF FLAPS. ONCE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER BEFORE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.