New Smyrna Bch., FL, USA
N35YX
Sonex Waiex
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During takeoff with a crosswind from the left side of the airplane, the pilot of an amateur built, tailwheel equipped, Waiex held "left aileron into the wind." The left wing then "lifted up," the airplane veered to the left, and the pilot reduced engine power to idle. The airplane; however, continued to veer to the left. It then exited the left side of the runway into the grass, and struck a runway marker damaging the left wing and propeller.
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff. Contributing was the crosswind.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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