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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrru Varieze · Dwight, IL · September 2, 1995

Date: September 2, 1995 · 08:45 local
Place: Dwight, IL
Airport: Dwight Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N17BK
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI95FA301
Reported as: Amtrru Varieze
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total

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What happened

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Premature nose high liftoff. Wheels caught in tall corn end of runway. Crashed and burned. (-23) the aircraft was destroyed by fire after colliding with mature corn and the ground after takeoff. Witnesses reported the airplane had a high pitchup attitude after liftoff at the end of the runway. The left main landing gear and wind contacted the corn prior to the aircraft's collision with the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PREMATURE NOSE HIGH LIFTOFF. WHEELS CAUGHT IN TALL CORN END OF RUNWAY. CRASHED AND BURNED. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AFTER COLLIDING WITH MATURE CORN AND THE GROUND AFTER TAKEOFF. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE HAD A HIGH PITCHUP ATTITUDE AFTER LIFTOFF AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WIND CONTACTED THE CORN PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT'S COLLISION WITH THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI95FA301Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportDwight, ILinadequate preflight planning by the pilot. A factor associated with this accident was the pilot did not perform an aborted takeoff is sufficient time to safely stop.Sep 2, 1995 · Destroyed