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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna T-50 · Fond Du Lac, WI · July 28, 2005

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Date: July 28, 2005 · 10:30 local
Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
Airport: Fond Du Lac County Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N266C
Reported as: Cessna T50
Reported engine: Lycoming R68013
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total53 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N266CRegistered now · Cessna T-50S/N 6582 · Built 1943 Airframe modelCessna T-50 Engine modelLycoming R680E seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On July 28, 2005, at 1030 CDT a Cessna T-50 N266C ran off runway 18 Fond Du Lac County Airport, Fond Du Lac, WI. The ATP rated pilot and 3 passengers did not receive injuries and the aircraft received substantial damage. The VFR flight was conducted under 14 CFR 91, originated in Fond Du Lac, WI with the final destination oshkosh, WI. The pilot stated that he lost directional control on takeoff, as the aircraft exited the runway, he cut the power but the aircraft continued left into a VASI light and across the taxiway into a ditch. The soft ground in the ditch caused the left main to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2005, AT 1030 CDT A CESSNA T-50 N266C RAN OFF RUNWAY 18 FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT, FOND DU LAC, WI. THE ATP RATED PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS DID NOT RECEIVE INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE VFR FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91, ORIGINATED IN FOND DU LAC, WI WITH THE FINAL DESTINATION OSHKOSH, WI. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF, AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY, HE CUT THE POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT INTO A VASI LIGHT AND ACROSS THE TAXIWAY INTO A DITCH. THE SOFT GROUND IN THE DITCH CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN TO COLLAPSE.