- Date
- August 13, 2011, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Abingdon, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N376CGG-Dawg Just Acft Highlander
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110813021589A
- Case key
- 81503
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the aborted takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he positioned the airplane on runway 24 and increased engine power to begin the takeoff roll but subsequently aborted the takeoff when he noted that the wind was becoming stronger. He stated that the wind lifted the airplane sideways and off the left side of the runway, where the airplane impacted a ditch, resulting in substantial damage to the empennage and wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane. About the time of the accident, the recorded wind at the airport was from 350 degrees at 18 knots gusting to 30 knots with thunderstorms in the vicinity.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that he positioned the airplane on runway 24 and increased engine power to begin the takeoff roll. The pilot then aborted the takeoff when he noted that the winds were becoming stronger. He stated that the wind lifted the airplane sideways and off the left side of the runway, where it impacted a ditch, resulting in substantial damage to the empennage and wing spar. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane. Recorded winds at the airport about the time of the accident were from 350 degrees at 18 knots with gusts to 30 knots, with thunderstorms in the vicinity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N376CG
- Reported as
- G-Dawg Just Acft Highlander
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JAESC0141
- Airframe hours
- 1,115
- Engine
- Rotax 914, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- G-Dawg LLC
- Registered owner
- G-Dawg LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 2011
- Departed
- VJI · Abingdon, VA
- Destination
- VJI · Abingdon, VA
- Airport
- VJI · Virginia Highlands Airport, runway 24, 4,471 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 25, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,900 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,900 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- VJI
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 31, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 432 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N376CG · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.