19990403015509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Omaha, NE · April 3, 1999

Date
April 3, 1999 · 10:04 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2468J
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0

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.

While still on ground during take off pilot felt wind gust strike left side of tail. Pilot lost directional control and veered off runway into the gracss to the left side of the runway. Landing gear sank into mud and gear doors sustained incident damage.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE STILL ON GROUND DURING TAKE OFF PILOT FELT WIND GUST STRIKE LEFT SIDE OF TAIL. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO THE GRACSS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. LANDING GEAR SANK INTO MUD AND GEAR DOORS SUSTAINED INCIDENT DAMAGE.