# Incident 20191020020269I: Eric Ashman ASHMAN 1, Conyers, GA, October 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2019, 14:30 local time
- Place: Conyers, GA
- Airport: Whispering Pines Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6574° N, 83.9841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conyers, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6574&lon=-83.9841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N893EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N893EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eric Ashman ASHMAN 1 (registry code 05638F7, https://openairdocs.org/model/eric-ashman-ashman-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (registry code 41818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERIC ASHMAN ASHMAN 1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,309 total, 207 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191020020269I

## Narrative

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

TAKEOFF RUN, JUST REACHING LIFTOFF SPEED AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 5-10 FEET IN THE AIR, THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRSTREAM FROM THE OPEN COCKPIT STYLE PULLED HIS HEADSET OFF TOWARDS THE REAR.  THE PILOT  REACHED FOR THE HEADSET AND IN THAT INSTANT, THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE BROUGHT THE THROTTLE BACK TO IDLE AND LANDED, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRIKE OCCURRED, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.

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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