# NTSB ATL82FLJ09: Wainscott Scamp B, N177RW, Holly Springs, NC, September 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1982, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Holly Springs, NC
- Location: 35.6520° N, 78.8432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holly Springs, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6520&lon=-78.8432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82FLJ09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71057/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLJ09

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT CALLED AHEAD BEFORE LANDING AT THE AIRPORT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE GRASS RUNWAY WAS USABLE. AFTER LANDING, HE INITIATED A TAKEOFF FROM THE SOFT, GRASS RUNWAY. ACCORDING, TO THE PILOT, THE GRASS WAS UNCUT AND WAS TOO HIGH FOR A DEPARTURE OF HIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT A LIFT-OFF WAS PROLONGED TO THE POINT THAT AN ABORT WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE AND CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N177RW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WAINSCOTT SCAMP B
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: W-1
- Airframe hours: 4
- Engines: VW 1835CC 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert Wainscott
- Registered owner: Robert Wainscott
- Departed: HOLLY SPRINGS, NC
- Destination: HOLLY SPRINGS, NC
- Airport: Holly Springs, runway 14, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,825 total, 4 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 181 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820925049319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820925049319A), Sep 25, 1982: Amtrai SCAMP, Holly Springs, NC, Substantial damage. Slowed by high grass, liftoff was prolonged, struck trees on climbout.

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.

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