19891028043599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-5-235C · Plattsburg, NY · October 28, 1989

Date
October 28, 1989 · 11:25 local
Place
Plattsburg, NY
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6224M
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC90LA018
Reported as
Maule M5235C
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,300 total200 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Struck brush on takeoff from short Private wet grass strip. Aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK BRUSH ON TAKEOFF FROM SHORT PRIVATE WET GRASS STRIP. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N6224M · 1

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