20191227019209A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mulcahy Roger BUSHBY MUSTANG · Holly Ridge, NC · December 27, 2019

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Date: December 27, 2019 · 14:59 local
Place: Holly Ridge, NC
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N90M
Reported as: Mulcahy Roger Bushby Mustang
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,600 total

N90MRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2021 · Mulcahy Roger BUSHBY MUSTANGS/N MM1-243 · Built 1994 Airframe modelMulcahy Roger BUSHBY MUSTANG Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The PIC has just purchased the aircraft on the day of the accident. The PIC initially taxied the aircraft on the grass strip and returned to the startup area. After the initial taxi the PIC decided to do a high speed taxi, during the high speed taxi, when the PIC brought the tail up the aircraft started to go left and when it did the PIC tried to bring the tail back down and the aircraft got airborne and appeared to stall and then crashed into the trees on the left side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC HAS JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PIC INITIALLY TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GRASS STRIP AND RETURNED TO THE STARTUP AREA. AFTER THE INITIAL TAXI THE PIC DECIDED TO DO A HIGH SPEED TAXI, DURING THE HIGH SPEED TAXI, WHEN THE PIC BROUGHT THE TAIL UP THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO GO LEFT AND WHEN IT DID THE PIC TRIED TO BRING THE TAIL BACK DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AND APPEARED TO STALL AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

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