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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Donald Williams CHRISTAVIA MK 4 · Madera, CA · May 16, 2021

Date
May 16, 2021 · 08:00 local
Place
Madera, CA
Airport
Madera Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3982
Reported as
Donald Williams Christavia MK 4
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO-360-C1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
835 total1 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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.

On may 16, 2021 at kmae, privacy data omitted was performing phase one of the 40 hour flight of an experimental armature built aircraft N3982. Engine run up, taxi and initial take off were normal when aircraft reached about 25 feet pilot stated he felt a uncotrolled right roll. Pilot decided to aborted takeoff and the aircraft experanced a hard landed applied the breaks and lost control. No injuries, no damage to third party property, and aircraft experienced minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 16, 2021 AT KMAE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING PHASE ONE OF THE 40 HOUR FLIGHT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ARMATURE BUILT AIRCRAFT N3982. ENGINE RUN UP, TAXI AND INITIAL TAKE OFF WERE NORMAL WHEN AIRCRAFT REACHED ABOUT 25 FEET PILOT STATED HE FELT A UNCOTROLLED RIGHT ROLL. PILOT DECIDED TO ABORTED TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPERANCED A HARD LANDED APPLIED THE BREAKS AND LOST CONTROL. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO THIRD PARTY PROPERTY, AND AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE.