# Incident 20240805015379I: Gippsaero GA8, Eek, AK, August 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2024, 11:53 local time
- Place: Eek, AK
- Airport: Eek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 60.2137° N, 162.0439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EEK (EEK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2137&lon=-162.0439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N523AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gippsaero GA8 (registry code 0563295, https://openairdocs.org/model/gippsaero-ga8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 (registry code 41663, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GIPPSAERO GA8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 689 total, 114 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240805015379I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT EEK, AK. THE AIRMAN FAILED TO BACK TAXI AND USE THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN HAD TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND ENDED UP GOING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJUIRIES TO THE PASSENGERS. THE SPIDER TRACKS DATA SHOWED THAT THE AIRMAN HAD BACK TAXIED EACH TIME EXCEPT ON THIS DAY. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE HAD A TEMPORARY LAPSE IN JUDGEMENT. THE AIRMAN HAD RECENTLY PASSED A CHECK AIRMAN OBSERVATION AS THE PILOT (NOT AS A CHECK AIRMAN) WITH THE FAA. THE AIRMAN JUST PASSED THE 100 HOUR COMPANY FLIGHT CHECK. THE AIRMAN IS COMPETENT AND A 44709 REEXAMINATION OF HIS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. THE AIRMAN IS A LOW TIME PILOT AND BASIC EXPERIENCE.

## Other reports on N523AV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20181009016789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181009016789I), Oct 9, 2018: Gippsaero GA8 (N523AV), Emmonak, AK, Minor damage. 10/08/2018: Pilot was returning to Emmonak from alaknak after a 135 charter flight at approximately 1720 hours during daylight hours. At the time of the…

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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