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| Date: | Sunday 22 April 2012 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Rans S-6S |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N137AB |
| MSN: | 09041605 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Rotax |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Braunfels Regional Airport, TX (KBAZ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Braunfels Regional Airport, TX (KBAZ) |
| Allen, TX (K0T7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Although the non-certificated pilot said that there was no intention for flight and that he was going to make a high-speed taxi, tape recordings from the air traffic control tower revealed that the pilot called the tower and said he was ready to taxi; he did not request a high-speed taxi. The controller gave the pilot instructions to runway 17 and to hold short of runway 13; the pilot then reported that he was holding short of runway 13. The controller instructed him to cross runway 13, and cleared the airplane for takeoff on runway 17. The pilot did not acknowledge this clearance but proceeded down runway 17. The controller observed the airplane become airborne momentarily before impacting terrain.
Probable Cause: The non-certificated pilot's loss of airplane control during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN12LA254
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 2013 | N137AB | 0 | Schertz, TX (TS67) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 14:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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