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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Pleasent Hill, OH · April 4, 2002

Date: April 4, 2002 · 16:30 local
Place: Pleasent Hill, OH
Airport: Adams Strip
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7227U
Reported as: Beech A36
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 345 total170 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N7227URegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-2231 · Built 1985 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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) While attempting to perform a soft field take-off from a wet 2400 foot sod strip, the pilot allowed the aircraft to become prematurely airborne, stall and bounce. The power application was continued and the aircraft bounced two more times before final impact. The nose gear was damaged. The prop struck the ground and the engine suffered sudden stoppage. The final resting place was approximately 100 yards past the end of the runway. Neither the pilot or the two other occupants of the aircraft were injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A SOFT FIELD TAKE-OFF FROM A WET 2400 FOOT SOD STRIP, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME PREMATURELY AIRBORNE, STALL AND BOUNCE. THE POWER APPLICATION WAS CONTINUED AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE FINAL IMPACT. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE ENGINE SUFFERED SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THE FINAL RESTING PLACE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. NEITHER THE PILOT OR THE TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE INJURED.