# Accident 20240820020839A: Fales Bruce F AIR CAM, Minden, NV, August 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2024, 08:23 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0020° N, 119.7517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0020&lon=-119.7517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2412Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2412Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fales Bruce F AIR CAM (registry code 05609ZD, https://openairdocs.org/model/fales-bruce-f-air-cam) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FALES BRUCE F AIR CAM
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240820020839A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACCIDENT WAS WITNESSED AT CLOSE RANGE BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND WAS ALSO CAPTURED BY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE.  TAKEOFF ROLL, ROTATION, AND INITIAL CLIMB OUT WERE NORMAL.  APPROXIMATELY 100' ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY LEVELED OUT AND EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT RAPID DIP OF THE RIGHT WING, WHICH WAS CORRECTED.  THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND, MORE AGGRESSIVE WING DIP TO THE RIGHT.  THIS DIP WAS OVERCORRECTED FOR, CAUSING AN AGGRESSIVE LEFT ROLL, WHICH TOOK THE AIRCRAFT ACROSS THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  AT THIS POINT THE RIGHT WING APPEARED TO STALL.  THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AGGRESSIVELY AND ROLLED RIGHT INTO AN INVERTED ATTITUDE, IMPACTING THE RUNWAY AT A STEEP NOSE-LOW, INVERTED ATTITUDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR24FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA284), Aug 20, 2024: Lockwood AIR CAM (N2412Y), Minden, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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