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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sportflight TALON X/P · Cleveland, GA · May 15, 2020

Date: May 15, 2020 · 23:29 local
Place: Cleveland, GA
Airport: Mtn Airpark
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N116TF
Reported as: Sportflight Talon X/P
Reported engine: ROTAX 503 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total200 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N116TFRegistered now · Sportflight TALON X/PS/N 103 · Built 1995 Airframe modelSportflight TALON X/P Engine modelRotax 503 series2 cycle

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.

N116TF began t/o after runup procedures at Mtn Airpark....after breaking ground the engine began to sputter ...the pilot put the aircraft back on the ground but was going too fast and over ran the runway....crossing a road and coming to rest in a kudzoo patch....minor injury....1 inch cut on head...by pilot privacy data omitted....weather was clear with light wind....after inspection it was found that a fuel line was worn out and a small hole had interupted the fuel supply to engine.

As the FAA filed it

N116TF BEGAN T/O AFTER RUNUP PROCEDURES AT MTN AIRPARK....AFTER BREAKING GROUND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER ...THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE GROUND BUT WAS GOING TOO FAST AND OVER RAN THE RUNWAY....CROSSING A ROAD AND COMING TO REST IN A KUDZOO PATCH....MINOR INJURY....1 INCH CUT ON HEAD...BY PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^....WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WIND....AFTER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT A FUEL LINE WAS WORN OUT AND A SMALL HOLE HAD INTERUPTED THE FUEL SUPPLY TO ENGINE.