20050724016439A

(-23) The aircraft departed runway 16 and at about 2000 feet down the runway the aircraft was at 150 feet AGL and flying the runway heading. While at 150 feet the right wing was low, gear down and the nose in a climb attitude, however the aircraft was not climbing. The right wing was down for the length of the runway. As the aircraft neared the end of the runway the aircraft lost altitude and was approximately 50 feet AGL and it was still mushing along. Then the right wing rolled to an almost vertical attitude, the nose dropped, the airplane rolled to the left and impacted the ground. The wind at the time of the accident was approximately 35 to 40 knots from the west-northwest direction. The wreckage was located 2000 feet from the end of the runway on a road that borders the south end of the airport. The aircraft was consumed in a post accident fire. (-23 amendment) a witness that saw the accident as he was driving by in his car stated that his car was being buffeted by winds at the same time. The weather report at the time of the accident showed that the wind was steady at 19 KTS and gusting to 38 KTS. A half hour before departure the winds were steady at 20 KTS and gusting to 28 KTS and an hour earlier the wing was steady at 9 KTS. The pilot received a weather briefing from cedar city fss 20 minutes before departure. He was on a ramp getting the plane ready for departure half hour before departure. In short the weather should have been known due to the brief and personal observation.