# Accident 19990626007659A: Amtr BD4, Baldwin City, KS, June 26, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1999, 15:15 local time
- Place: Baldwin City, KS
- Airport: Vinland Valley Aerodrome Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7694° N, 95.1798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7694&lon=-95.1798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N184BD-2013-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mahler BD-4 (registry code 05619AG, https://openairdocs.org/model/mahler-bd-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD4
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 9 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990626007659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT WAS ON ROTATION, WHEN IT DRIFTED LEFT OFF THE RWY, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, PROPELLER, AND NOSE GEAR. (.19)ON JUNE 26, 1999, AT 1515 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MAHLER BD-4, N184BD, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT RECIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 16 (3,220 FEET X 80 FEET TURF/GRAVEL) AT VINLAND VALLEY AERODROME AIRPORT, BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES.  A WITNESS SAID THE WHILE HE WAS TRAVELING ON A COUNTY ROAD BY THE AIRPORT, HE SAW A WHITE PLANE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE RUNWAY.  HE SAID THAT HE SAW THE AIRPLANE PICK UP SPEED BUT SLOWER THAN HE HAD EXPECTED.  HE STATED THAT HE SAW THE AIRPLANE UNTIL CROPS BLOCKED HIS VISION.  HE SAID THAT HE SAW THAT THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING ROSE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE CROPS AND LOWERED BELOW IT.  THEN HE SAID THAT THE LEFT WING ROSE ABOVE THE CROP TOPS AND LOWERED BELOW THEN.  HE STATED THE LEFT WING ROSE AGAIN BUT HIGHTER THAN ITS FIRST TIME.  THE LEFT WING LOWERED BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE TOPS AGAIN. HE DID NOT SEE THE AIRPLANE AGAIN AND STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE PLANE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.  HE DROVE DOWN AN AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD TO INVESTIGATE.  HE SAW THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD COME TO REST IN TALL GRASS. (-23) ON TAKEOFF AT VINLAND VALLEY AIRPORT, N184BD PILOTED BY RODNEY E. SEBBY, IN AN ATTEMPT TO BECOME AIRBORNE, DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK TALL GRASS AND TERRAIN, THEN SKIDDED TO A STOP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO LEFT WING STRUCTURE AND TO FIREWALL.  (.4) THE PILOT SAID HE WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 16 AND WAS USING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  HE STATED THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED FURTHER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND ENTERED TALL GRASS.  HE SAID THE GRASS WAS THREE FOOT HIGH.  HE SAID THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLED.  HE STATED THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  AT 1454, THE LAWRENCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATION WAS: WIND 160 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA198), Jun 26, 1999: Mahler BD-4 (N184BD), Baldwin City, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining directional control with the runway centerline during takeoff. A factor was the high vegetation off the left side of the runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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