# Incident 20200919017969I: Stanley T Kocuba SONEX, Beaver Falls, PA, September 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2020, 13:55 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver Falls
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7594° N, 80.3226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver Falls, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7594&lon=-80.3226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N248SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stanley T Kocuba SONEX (registry code 056373Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/stanley-t-kocuba-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STANLEY T KOCUBA SONEX
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200919017969I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN STATED THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL HE NOTICED THAT HIS RPM'S WERE 3000 WHICH WAS WITHIN THE MANUFACTURES LIMITS OF 3200 +- 200.  ABOUT HALF WAY POINT THE AIRMAN DIDN'T FEEL HIS AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING ADEQUATELY AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.  HE SAID HE WAS 5-10 FEET IN THE AIR AND CHOPPED THE POWER.  THIS AIRCRAFT SANK AND PITCHED FORWARD.  THE AIRMAN INCREASED TO FULL POWER AND COULD NOT ARREST THE DESCENT AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.  THE AIRMAN WAS NOT HURT AND PROCEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MOVE IT INTO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY.  HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT THERE UNTIL THE FAA WAS NOTIFIED.

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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