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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-16 · Urbana, IL · July 20, 2004

Date: July 20, 2004 · 18:00 local
Place: Urbana, IL
Airport: Frasca Field Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5655H
Reported as: Piper PA16
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total180 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N5655HRegistered now · Piper PA-16S/N 16-266 · Built 1947 Airframe modelPiper PA-16 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted the pilot of N5655H reported that as he accelerated for takeoff on runway 27 at Urbana-Frasca field, the aircraft tail had just come up when the aircraft veered off the north side of the runway and entered some standing corn in the adjacent field. No injuries were sustained by the pilot or passenger and the aircraft received minor damage as a result of this event. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ THE PILOT OF N5655H REPORTED THAT AS HE ACCELERATED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 27 AT URBANA-FRASCA FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT TAIL HAD JUST COME UP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED SOME STANDING CORN IN THE ADJACENT FIELD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR PASSENGER AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.