# Incident 20190718015229I: Titan Aircraft TORNADO, Calera, AL, July 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2019, 15:45 local time
- Place: Calera, AL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29990, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29990) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Titan TORNADO (registry code 05902AI, https://openairdocs.org/model/titan-tornado) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 DCDI (registry code 55566, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TITAN AIRCRAFT TORNADO
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 1 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190718015229I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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