# Accident 20020609013749A: Tmpson NAVIONA, Forest Lake, MN, June 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2002, 14:20 local time
- Place: Forest Lake, MN
- Airport: Forest Lake Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2697° N, 92.9806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2697&lon=-92.9806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8717H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8717H-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020609013749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A DOWN-WIND TAKE-OFF FROM FOREST LAKE AIRPORT MN, A NAVION N8717H STRUCK POWER WIRES WITH MAIN LANDING GEAR, SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED INTO A SWAMP APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES SAID AIRCRAFT MADE A 30 TO 40 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT, TO AVOID TREES, ON TAKE OFF AND WHEN MR. SELLERS CLEARED THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE WAS 8 FEET OFF THE GROUND. WITNESSES ALSO SAID THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF WITH A 20 KNOT TAIL WIND, AIRCRAFT WAS WOBBLING AND BANKED AT 30 DEGREES WHEN IT STRUCK THE WIRES. AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR BACK INJURIES AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MAJOR BACK INJURIES. PILOT SAID TO MEDICAL TECHNICIAN THAT RUNWAY WAS SPONGY. AN INSPECTOR FROM THIS FSDO WAS ON SCENE WITHIN AN HOUR AND VERIFIED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS NOT SPONGY, IT WAS FIRM WITH FRESHLY CUT SOD. AN ON-SCENE POWER CREW TOLD THE FAA INSPECTOR THAT THE WIRES THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK WERE 38 FEET HIGH. WITNESS ALSO MENTIONED OTHER PILOTS HAD SAID THIS NAVION N8717H INITIALLY LANDED AT FOREST LAKE AIRPORT DOWN WIND. (.19) ON JUNE 9, 2002, AT 1420 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A NAVION NAVION-A, N8717H, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK POWER LINES A     ND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMB FROM RUNWAY 13 (2,650 FEET BY 150 FEET, TURF) AT THE FOREST LAKE AIRPORT (25D), FOREST LAKE, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, AND NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE DESTINATION IS UNKNOWN.

## 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 CHI02LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA160), Jun 9, 2002: Navion Navion A (N8717H), Forest Lake, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff. The soft turf runway and power lines were contributing factors.

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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