20001124040659A

(-23) Pilot reported aircraft was fueled with 75 gallons fuel per side prior to departure. At 16:34:20 z, N94U requests and receives taxi clearance. At 16:49:15, N94U reports ready and requests "practice area 1 for checks". ATC requires N94U to wait. At 16:50:21, ATC clears N94U for takeoff, runway 04, pilot acknowledges. At 16:51:43, pilot reports "4U emergency". At 16:51:47, an ELT starts transmitting. Controllers witnessed the aircraft at a normal pitch angle as it passed the tower, with an altitude of approximately 125 feet, however they stated something was not right as the aircraft was not climbing or accelerating, as they would have expected. The controller said the pilot declared the emergency and flew the aircraft to the crash site across airport road (state road 678) just north of runway 22, where it went out of view at the bottom of a hill. Heavy smoke was then observed. Inve stigation on scene found the aircraft struck the ground (on airport property) with the gear down and wings level heading in a northerly direction. The aircraft came to rest approximately 60 yards from the point of impact and rotated 120 degrees to the left. Fire consumed the left wing, fuselage and portions of the inboard right wing. The nose gear was found 20 yards from initial impact. The left engine separated at "c" flange, with prop attached, and found approximately 20 yards from the wreckage. The right engine stayed intact, with the propeller attached. Both propellers appeared to be at or near the feathered position at time of impact. The left and right fuel firewall shut-off valve switches were found in the "normal" position. All engine controls were found fully forward. A review of the maintenance records for the aircraft found inadequate maintenace documented for the work performed by the repair station. A review of the repair station's work order package found it incomplete and the aircraft was not approved for return to service in accordance with their manual procedures.