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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Roxana, DE · May 16, 2002

Date: May 16, 2002 · 10:35 local
Place: Roxana, DE
Airport: West Pvt Airport
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N952M
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,060 total3,060 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N952MRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 3364 · Built 1966 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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) Mr. Odom stated that while attempting a cross-wind takeoff from a grass field, he encountered severe winds at approximately 1000' into his takeoff roll. The winds encountered blew him approximately 10' off the runway at about 300' altitude. He had retracted the landing gear but encountered a severe down draft which caused the aircraft to "lose lift and the plane started..." To sink. Mr. Odom reduced the power and lowered the nose and the aircraft contacted the ground with the gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. ODOM STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A CROSS-WIND TAKEOFF FROM A GRASS FIELD, HE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WINDS AT APPROXIMATELY 1000' INTO HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. THE WINDS ENCOUNTERED BLEW HIM APPROXIMATELY 10' OFF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 300' ALTITUDE. HE HAD RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BUT ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE DOWN DRAFT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO "LOSE LIFT AND THE PLANE STARTED..." TO SINK. MR. ODOM REDUCED THE POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.