Narrative:

High speed taxi testing and 'crow hopping' of recently completed kitplane. Received FAA airworthiness certificate. Had spent about an hour doing taxi and high speed taxi procedure. Was able to maintain good directional control at speeds of 65 mph. Attempted to lift nose off ground to determine elevator sensitivity. First time plane lifted quickly, ballooned. Landing was difficult to feel the direction. Rolled out right. Second time nosed up and down without incident with good control. Third time lifted off quickly, retarded throttle as plane ballooned up. While trying to stabilize attitude and maintain airspeed, plane settled to ground and bounced. Upon resettle, plane went to a left direction and ran off side of runway, striking a runway light. Right gear grazed but propeller hit the cover, breaking propeller and damaging runway light. Able to recover control and stop plane without further incident. Problems: very narrow, crowned runway with open area at old cross runway. Crosswind conditions are magnified. Unfamiliar with exact feel of aircraft. Trying to lift off and settle down was more difficult than expected. Aircraft controls are very sensitive, much more than aircraft I have flown in past. No major damage. Plane was running well at time of occurrence. Propeller needs to be replaced. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter was flying a genesis homebuilt aircraft designed by innovative engineering. The reporter built the aircraft himself. The genesis is a pusher aircraft with tricycle landing gear. There was no damage other than the propeller and there were no injuries. This incident was never reported to the FAA or NTSB for the above reasons. The reporter has replaced the propeller and has been flying his new toy. The reporter consulted with more than 1 CFI on his decision not to report this incident to the NTSB or FAA.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY EXCURSION DURING HIGH SPD TAXI TEST.

Narrative: HIGH SPD TAXI TESTING AND 'CROW HOPPING' OF RECENTLY COMPLETED KITPLANE. RECEIVED FAA AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. HAD SPENT ABOUT AN HR DOING TAXI AND HIGH SPD TAXI PROC. WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN GOOD DIRECTIONAL CTL AT SPDS OF 65 MPH. ATTEMPTED TO LIFT NOSE OFF GND TO DETERMINE ELEVATOR SENSITIVITY. FIRST TIME PLANE LIFTED QUICKLY, BALLOONED. LNDG WAS DIFFICULT TO FEEL THE DIRECTION. ROLLED OUT R. SECOND TIME NOSED UP AND DOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH GOOD CTL. THIRD TIME LIFTED OFF QUICKLY, RETARDED THROTTLE AS PLANE BALLOONED UP. WHILE TRYING TO STABILIZE ATTITUDE AND MAINTAIN AIRSPD, PLANE SETTLED TO GND AND BOUNCED. UPON RESETTLE, PLANE WENT TO A L DIRECTION AND RAN OFF SIDE OF RWY, STRIKING A RWY LIGHT. R GEAR GRAZED BUT PROP HIT THE COVER, BREAKING PROP AND DAMAGING RWY LIGHT. ABLE TO RECOVER CTL AND STOP PLANE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PROBS: VERY NARROW, CROWNED RWY WITH OPEN AREA AT OLD CROSS RWY. XWIND CONDITIONS ARE MAGNIFIED. UNFAMILIAR WITH EXACT FEEL OF ACFT. TRYING TO LIFT OFF AND SETTLE DOWN WAS MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPECTED. ACFT CTLS ARE VERY SENSITIVE, MUCH MORE THAN ACFT I HAVE FLOWN IN PAST. NO MAJOR DAMAGE. PLANE WAS RUNNING WELL AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE. PROP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A GENESIS HOMEBUILT ACFT DESIGNED BY INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING. THE RPTR BUILT THE ACFT HIMSELF. THE GENESIS IS A PUSHER ACFT WITH TRICYCLE LNDG GEAR. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE PROP AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT WAS NEVER RPTED TO THE FAA OR NTSB FOR THE ABOVE REASONS. THE RPTR HAS REPLACED THE PROP AND HAS BEEN FLYING HIS NEW TOY. THE RPTR CONSULTED WITH MORE THAN 1 CFI ON HIS DECISION NOT TO RPT THIS INCIDENT TO THE NTSB OR FAA.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.