# Accident 20021231037639A: Socata TB9, Mount Union, PA, December 31, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mount Union, PA
- Airport: Huntingdon County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3181° N, 77.8761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3181&lon=-77.8761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N136ER-2013-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 9 TAMPICO (registry code 8680694, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-9-tampico) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB9
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 85 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021231037639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 31, 2002, ABOUT 1200 EST, A SOCATA TB-9, N136ER, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN OVERRUN, FOLLOWING AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF AT HUNTINGDON COUNTY AIRPORT AIRPORT (MUU) MOUNT UNION, PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PLANNED FLIGHT TO THE YORK AIRPORT, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 22 AT MUU. THE RUNWAY CONSISTED OF GRAVEL AND TURF. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKE-OFF, SOME AREAS OF THE RUNWAY WERE SOUPY AND SOFT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET TWO AIRCRAFT WHEELS AIRBORNE BEFORE IT SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY. IN RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A MAN-MADE DITCH AT THE END OF RUNWAY 22. THE PILOT DID ADD THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THIS ACCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 NYC03LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA034), Dec 31, 2002: Socata TB 9 (N136ER), Mount Union, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff. A factor was the soft 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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