# Incident 20250216000999I: Wilson Charlie H RV-3, Manhattan, KS, February 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2025, 16:50 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1414° N, 96.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANHATTAN RGNL (MHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1414&lon=-96.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1941A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1941A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson Charlie H RV-3 (registry code 05608WS, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-charlie-h-rv-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILSON CHARLIE H RV-3
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 221 total, 3 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250216000999I

## Narrative

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

ON OR ABOUT 16 FEBRUARY 2025 AT 1650 HOURS CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 03. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WEATHER CONDITIONS EXISTED; WIND WAS 310 AT 7 KNOTS. PILOT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRPORT FACILITIES OR THE AIRCRAFT.

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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