# Accident 20211010017829A: Bevilacqua Jeffrey L DRAGONFLY MKIIH, Camarillo, CA, October 10, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2021, 10:36 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2137° N, 119.0944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2137&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N186JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N186JB-2023-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bevilacqua Jeffrey L DRAGONFLY MKIIH (registry code 05639RM, https://openairdocs.org/model/bevilacqua-jeffrey-l-dragonfly-mkiih) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEVILACQUA JEFFREY L DRAGONFLY MKIIH
- Reported engine: UL POWER 350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,164 total, 1 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211010017829A

## Narrative

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

AFTER RUN UP ATTAINED CLEARANCE FOR FLIGHT AND ADVISED TOWER IT WAS A FIRST FLIGHT OF THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT. APPLIED POWER AFTER WHICH TAIL GOT OFF THE GROUND AS AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWN THE RUNWAY, AT THIS TIME PILOT RELAXED FORWARD PRESSURE ON FLIGHT CONTROL STICK AND THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE GROUND. STARTLED BY THE SUDDEN TAKEOFF, ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY INPUTED A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, NOSE DROPPED, AT WHICH TIME ATTEMPTED TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT INPUTED OPPOSITE FLIGHT CONTROL INPUT AND AIRCRAFT BALLOONED UPWARD, PILOT SET ENGINE CONTROL TO GROUND IDLE, LOST FORWARD MOMENTUM AND ENDED UP ON THE RUNWAY. SLIDING TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A BRAVO TAXI WAY SIGN AT WHICH TIME THE WHEELS OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLDED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR22LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA006), Oct 10, 2021: Bevilacqua Jeffrey L Dragonfly Mkiih (N186JB), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff

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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