# Incident 20190810022989I: Higginson CASSUTT, Minden, NV, August 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2019, 08:30 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Higginson CASSUTT (registry code 1970832, https://openairdocs.org/model/higginson-cassutt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HIGGINSON CASSUTT
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,195 total, 1 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190810022989I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE FIRST TAKEOFF IN TYPE, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON CENTERLINE AT ABOUT 75 MPH  WHEN HE SAW SOMETHING IN FRONT OF HIM. (A RABBIT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR) THE PILOT TRIED TO MOVE THE PLANE OVER TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING IT; HOWEVER, IN DOING SO HE BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. IN ORDER TO AVOID DEPARTING THE RUNWAY EDGE, THE PILOT PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER. THE PILOT STATED DESPITE AFT STICK THE NOSE KEPT GOING DOWN AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED 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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