# Incident 20240508007199I: Rowe AVID FLYER, San Diego, CA, May 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2024, 11:48 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N420RJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rowe Ray AVID FLYER (registry code 05624ZF, https://openairdocs.org/model/rowe-ray-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROWE AVID FLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 199 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240508007199I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 2024, AT BROWN FIELD (SDM) CALIFORNIA. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CLEARED BY ATC ON RUNWAY 26R FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT APPLIED POWER AND AIRCRAFT PRECEDED DOWN THE RUNWAY ON ROTATION APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET AGL THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO A LEFT TURN. THE PILOT LOSS CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ABORTED TAKEOFF BY REDUCING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FLAT IN THE GRASS LEFT OF RUNWAY 26R NEAR THE PAPI LIGHTS.  PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO PARKING. NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED TO A BENT RIGHT AXLE ON THE LANDING GEAR STRUT.

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