CAMARILLO, CA, USA
N3258P
MILENTZ QUICKIE 02
ON A LOCAL TEST FLT FOR THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT ACFT, PLT EXPERIENCED AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CARTWHEELED AFTER ENCOUNTERIMG PLOWED FURROW. PLTSTATED THAT THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS NORMAL UNTIL ACHIEVING ABOUT 65 KNOTS WHEN THE ACFT TAIL UNEXPECTEDLY ROSE OFF THE GROUND. AFT PITCH CONTROL INPUT RESULTED IN THE ACFT NOSE LEAVING THE GROUND. ACFT 'BOUNCED' ONCE OFF THE RUNWAY AND PLT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. ACFT THEN 'PILED IN AGAIN,' AFTER WHICH IT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ENCOUNTERED A SERIES OF PLOWED FURROWS AND 'CARTWHEELED MULTIPLE TIMES.' PLT SAID THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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