# Incident 20210114000249I: Mock Craig WAIEX, Naples, FL, January 14, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2021, 15:00 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mock Craig WAIEX (registry code 05634LI, https://openairdocs.org/model/mock-craig-waiex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOCK CRAIG WAIEX
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210114000249I

## Narrative

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

PART 91 OPERATOR, OPERATING PILOT OF EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT MOCK CRAIG, WAIEX REGISTRATION N150ML, SERIAL NUMBER W0204, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FOR RUNWAY 05 AS HE APPLIED POWER FOR TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD TO THE LEFT. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OF THE RUNWAY STRUCK ONE OF THE REIL WITH THE LEFT WING KNOCKING THE REIL OFF ITS BASE AND DAMAGING THE TIP OF THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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