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Pilot of a light sport aircraft reported losing control on takeoff roll when he hit a bump in the grass runway. Aircraft left the runway and sustained damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1007648 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201204 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 6.8 Flight Crew Total 33000 Flight Crew Type 107 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
On takeoff roll at about 45 KTS; the airplane hit a big bump in the grass runway; which put the airplane into the air. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway down into a swampy tree area. Nobody was hurt; but the light sport airplane sustained damage. Lesson to be learned very light airplanes are not suited to rough; bumpy sod runways.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot of a light sport aircraft reported losing control on takeoff roll when he hit a bump in the grass runway. Aircraft left the runway and sustained damage.
Narrative: On takeoff roll at about 45 KTS; the airplane hit a big bump in the grass runway; which put the airplane into the air. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway down into a swampy tree area. Nobody was hurt; but the Light Sport airplane sustained damage. Lesson to be learned very light airplanes are not suited to rough; bumpy sod runways.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.