What happened
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Student pilot was attempting to make a soft field take-off, as the acft reached 300 feet AGL, it began to settle back to the ground, the instructor took control of the acft and descended, and the acft struck the ground and flipped over, other circumstances are unknown. (-23) on June 14, 1999, after simulating an emergency landing at the eastonstate airport, flight instructor harrison elected to allow a student pilot to perform a soft field takeoff to the west, towards trees and generally rising terrain. At approx. 1-200 ft above the ground, approx. halfway down the runway, and at a critically slow airspeed (45KTS), the a/c stopped climbing. The instructor decided to abort the takeoff. According to instructor, the a/c stalled 20 ft. above the runway, followed by a hard landing separating the nose landing gear and came to rest inverted 30 yds short of the trees. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the pilots and the occupants received minor injuries.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SOFT FIELD TAKE-OFF, AS THE ACFT REACHED 300 FEET AGL, IT BEGAN TO SETTLE BACK TO THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND DESCENDED, AND THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON JUNE 14, 1999, AFTER SIMULATING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE EASTONSTATE AIRPORT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HARRISON ELECTED TO ALLOW A STUDENT PILOT TO PERFORM A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF TO THE WEST, TOWARDS TREES AND GENERALLY RISING TERRAIN. AT APPROX. 1-200 FT ABOVE THE GROUND, APPROX. HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND AT A CRITICALLY SLOW AIRSPEED (45KTS), THE A/C STOPPED CLIMBING. THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTOR, THE A/C STALLED 20 FT. ABOVE THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY A HARD LANDING SEPARATING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND CAME TO REST INVERTED 30 YDS SHORT OF THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOTS AND THE OCCUPANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
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