20210707014169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Welch Raymond X BUSHBY MUSTANG II · Bonners Ferry, ID · July 7, 2021

Date
July 7, 2021 · 07:15 local
Place
Bonners Ferry, ID
Airport
Boundary County Airport
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2205T
Reported as
Welch Raymond X Bushby Mustang II
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-E3D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
570 total28 in this make and model29 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.

Pilot was conducting a high speed taxi to evaluate recently installed equipment/instruments. During the high speed taxi the pilot induced improper rudder inputs that led to a loss of control. The airplane departed the side of the runway into a patch of gravel and flipped upside down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI TO EVALUATE RECENTLY INSTALLED EQUIPMENT/INSTRUMENTS. DURING THE HIGH SPEED TAXI THE PILOT INDUCED IMPROPER RUDDER INPUTS THAT LED TO A LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A PATCH OF GRAVEL AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.