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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · David N Boyd PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER · Lockhart, TX · March 6, 2024

Date
March 6, 2024 · 13:00 local
Place
Lockhart, TX
Airport
Lockhart Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7710J
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA132
Reported as
David N Boyd Pietenpol AIR Camper
Reported engine
Continental A-65-3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,070 total288 in this make and model4 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 March 6, 2024, 1300 CDT, aircraft privacy data omittedwas performing touch-and-go operations at Lockhart Municipal Airport (50R). During southerly takeoff, aircraft encountered significant wind gust inducing the left wing to suddenly climb. Aircraft rapidly departed runway to the west into a parallel ditch.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 6, 2024, 1300 CDT, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO OPERATIONS AT LOCKHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (50R). DURING SOUTHERLY TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT WIND GUST INDUCING THE LEFT WING TO SUDDENLY CLIMB. AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY DEPARTED RUNWAY TO THE WEST INTO A PARALLEL DITCH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.