19971213046509A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20 · Pocahontas, AR · December 13, 1997

Date
December 13, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place
Pocahontas, AR
Airport
Pocahontas Municipal Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6159E
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA082
Reported as
Mooney M20

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the take off roll, aircraft control was lost, aircraft departed runway to the left leaving skid marks from the left main tire onto the pavement and grass area. The nose gear was folded underneathe and the fuselage was buckled and twisted aft of the baggage compartment. The belly skin was crushed upward in the area of the wing carry-through spar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS LOST, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY TO THE LEFT LEAVING SKID MARKS FROM THE LEFT MAIN TIRE ONTO THE PAVEMENT AND GRASS AREA. THE NOSE GEAR WAS FOLDED UNDERNEATHE AND THE FUSELAGE WAS BUCKLED AND TWISTED AFT OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THE BELLY SKIN WAS CRUSHED UPWARD IN THE AREA OF THE WING CARRY-THROUGH SPAR.

NTSB investigation

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