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FAA incident report · Waco ATO · Maysville Arpt, OK · September 15, 2003

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Date
September 15, 2003 · 11:50 local
Place
Maysville Arpt, OK
Airport
Grimes Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N767K
Reported as
Waco ATO
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,983 total143 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days
N767KRegistered now · Waco ATOS/N A-161 · Built 1929Airframe modelWaco ATOEngine modelWright WWJ seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At approximately 1150, 09-15-2003, a Waco-Ato, N676K crashed during attempted take off at Grimes Airport near Maysville, Oklahoma. The pilot stated that he took off to the south on the grass strip, the aircraft attained an altitude of about 25 to 30 feet and veered to the left. He said he used right rudder but there was no response to the rudder input, then he used the ailerons to bank right but still idd not get any response so he reduced the engine power. The right wing tips of the aircraft impacted the ground and the aircraft began to tumble. The horizontal and vertical stabilizers, propeller and engine, and left wing tips impacted the ground and the right main landing gear was broke. The aircraft came to rest on the east side of the runway oriented to the northwest. The pilot said he was not injured. There was no fire. One witness stated he watched the aircraft take off and crash. He said the aircraft did not appear to be moving fast enough to take off when it lifted off and that it was wallowing along until he heard the engine power cut and saw the aircraft crash.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1150, 09-15-2003, A WACO-ATO, N676K CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF AT GRIMES AIRPORT NEAR MAYSVILLE, OKLAHOMA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF TO THE SOUTH ON THE GRASS STRIP, THE AIRCRAFT ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 25 TO 30 FEET AND VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE SAID HE USED RIGHT RUDDER BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THE RUDDER INPUT, THEN HE USED THE AILERONS TO BANK RIGHT BUT STILL IDD NOT GET ANY RESPONSE SO HE REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER. THE RIGHT WING TIPS OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TUMBLE. THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS, PROPELLER AND ENGINE, AND LEFT WING TIPS IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ORIENTED TO THE NORTHWEST. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. ONE WITNESS STATED HE WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF AND CRASH. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO TAKE OFF WHEN IT LIFTED OFF AND THAT IT WAS WALLOWING ALONG UNTIL HE HEARD THE ENGINE POWER CUT AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT CRASH.