What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On July 9, 2010, the airman departed a north/south oriented private airfield located five (5) nautical miles southwest of Goddard, Kansas. The runway is approximately two thousand four hundred (2400) feet long with a road and wires approximately thirty five (35) feet above the ground at the south end. According to interview statements by the pilot, during the takeoff to the south, the aircraft failed to attain sufficient airspeed to safely climb out to ground effect to clear the wires. The pilot then observed a road grader near the runway end and chose an attempt to fly over the wires rather than abort the takeoff and go under the wires. However, once having cleared the wires, he stated that the right wing of the aircraft stalled, banking the aircraft to the right. He recovered only to experience a left wing stall, banking the aircraft to the left. The lift wing tip then contacted the ground followed by the aircraft nose. The aircraft then skidded approximately ninety (90) feet before flipping over, coming to rest inverted in a recently cut wheat field and approximately three hundred (300) feet south, and thirty (30) feet west of the centerline of the runway. The pilot suffered serious injury and was flown to a nearby hospital.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 9, 2010, THE AIRMAN DEPARTED A NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED PRIVATE AIRFIELD LOCATED FIVE (5) NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF GODDARD, KANSAS. THE RUNWAY IS APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED (2400) FEET LONG WITH A ROAD AND WIRES APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FIVE (35) FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AT THE SOUTH END. ACCORDING TO INTERVIEW STATEMENTS BY THE PILOT, DURING THE TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO ATTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO SAFELY CLIMB OUT TO GROUND EFFECT TO CLEAR THE WIRES. THE PILOT THEN OBSERVED A ROAD GRADER NEAR THE RUNWAY END AND CHOSE AN ATTEMPT TO FLY OVER THE WIRES RATHER THAN ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND GO UNDER THE WIRES. HOWEVER, ONCE HAVING CLEARED THE WIRES, HE STATED THAT THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, BANKING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. HE RECOVERED ONLY TO EXPERIENCE A LEFT WING STALL, BANKING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. THE LIFT WING TIP THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY NINETY (90) FEET BEFORE FLIPPING OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED IN A RECENTLY CUT WHEAT FIELD AND APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET SOUTH, AND THIRTY (30) FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY AND WAS FLOWN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.