# Incident 20230404002959I: Jaeger Robert T-18, Lake City, FL, April 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2023, 19:10 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1886° N, 82.6422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1886&lon=-82.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41RJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: JAEGER ROBERT T-18
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230404002959I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT: "TAKING OFF TO THE EAST ON OUR GRASS STRIP I BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT WITHOUT APPLYING ENOUGH RIGHT RUDDER. JUST LIFTING OFF I NOTICED I WAS COMING  CLOSE TO A LARGE TREE I PULLED THE POWER BACK TO LAND BUT WAS TOO CLOSE TO A CULVERT AND THE LEFT SIDE WHICH CAUGHT MY WHEEL AND CAUSED THE ENSUING CRASH."

AIRCRAFT HIT A CULVERT, RIPPED OFF THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS A PUBLIC ROAD THAT PARALLELS THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER , FIREWALL AND RIGHT WING.

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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