ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144267
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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 2012 |
| Time: | 08:29 |
| Type: |  American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7DF |
| MSN: | 1055-2007 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beverly Municipal Airport - KBVY, Beverly, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Beverly, MA (BVY) |
| Beverly, MA (BVY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he did not align the tailwheel-equipped airplane with the runway before applying power. During the takeoff roll, the airplane drifted off the side of the runway and nosed down. A postaccident examination revealed that the airplane had sustained substantial damage to the fuselage in the vicinity of the right main landing gear attachment point. The pilot did not report any mechanical abnormalities of the airplane. The pilot had recently received a tailwheel endorsement.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 17:56 | Geno | Added |
| 07-Mar-2012 04:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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