- Date
- September 12, 2004, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N227PSSchroeder Wichawk
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040912023269A
- Case key
- 60267
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during takeoff roll. A factor was the VASI light.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The amateur-built experimental airplane sustained substantial damage when it veered off the left side of runway. The pilot reported that the airplane drifted left during takeoff roll and hit a VASI light.
Factual narrative
On September 12, 2004, at 1500 eastern daylight time, an amateur-built experimental Schroeder Wichawk, N227PS, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the left side of runway 7 (3,128 feet by 40 feet, asphalt) at the Oakland Southwest Airport (Y47), New Hudson, Michigan. The pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was departing on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that the airplane drifted left during takeoff roll and it hit a VASI light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N227PS
- Reported as
- Schroeder Wichawk
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 119
- Engine
- Continental O-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Schroeder
- Registered owner
- Paul Schroeder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Y47 · New Hudson, MI
- Airport
- Y47 · Oakland Southwest Airport, runway 7
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 77
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 260 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.