# Incident 20211019017599I: Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft LLC J230-SP, Boones Mill, VA, October 19, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2021, 11:10 local time
- Place: Boones Mill, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1156° N, 79.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boones Mill, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1156&lon=-79.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N728J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N728J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jabiru USA Sport J230-SP (registry code 060004V, https://openairdocs.org/model/jabiru-usa-sport-j230-sp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J230-SP
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 100 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211019017599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD UNEVENTFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON PRIVATE GRAVEL ROAD/DRIVEWAY DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL SYSTEM WITH PLENTY OF FUEL STILL ONBOARD.

NEXT MORNING THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO TWO PROGRESSIVELY FASTER PRACTICE RUNS (NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT) TO EVALUATE THE GRAVEL AGAINST THE AC AND THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO SPEED IN SAFE DISTANCE.

ON SECOND RUN, HE BEGAN TRYING TO STOP AND GRAVEL CAUSED HIM TO SKID AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE END.  LEFT WING STRUCK ROOF TOP LIGHT BAR OF POLICE CAR, SPINNING AC 90 DEGREES LEFT AND RUNNING PROP INTO 8' TALL CROSS WIRE FENCE.  NO INJURIES.  AC SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

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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