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FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Groesback, TX · May 11, 2013

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Date
May 11, 2013 · 11:50 local
Place
Groesback, TX
Airport
Old Fort Parker Flying Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1752V
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA277
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,962 total133 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N1752VRegistration cancelled Aug 29, 2013 · Cessna 140S/N 14081 · Built 1947Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On 11 may 2013 at or around 1150 CST a Cessna CE-140 serial number 14081 registered as N1752V crashed on takeoff from Old Fort Parker Flying Field, groesbeck Texas. The pilot reported that on takeoff the aircraft was not preforming as normal, he aborted the takeoff applied brakes and the aircraft flip over on its back coming to rest approximately 1000 feed down field. The pilot was taking off to the south due to trees at the north end of the runway with winds reported by him as 8-10 knot from the north. The aircraft was substantially damaged, the left wing appeared to be twisted the forward wing stunt was bent. The right wing was damaged approximately 3 foot from the tip with the leading edge twisted downward. There were skin wrinkles aft of the cabin area on the left lower side of the fuselage and just forward of the left main landing gear strut. The engine mount was broken and bent in numerous areas. The firewall was crushed inward in the lower forward area and damaged in numerous other areas due to the engine crushing back into it. The vertical fin was crushed downward as was the rudder.

As the FAA filed it

ON 11 MAY 2013 AT OR AROUND 1150 CST A CESSNA CE-140 SERIAL NUMBER 14081 REGISTERED AS N1752V CRASHED ON TAKEOFF FROM OLD FORT PARKER FLYING FIELD, GROESBECK TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PREFORMING AS NORMAL, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF APPLIED BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEED DOWN FIELD. THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF TO THE SOUTH DUE TO TREES AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY WITH WINDS REPORTED BY HIM AS 8-10 KNOT FROM THE NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE LEFT WING APPEARED TO BE TWISTED THE FORWARD WING STUNT WAS BENT. THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED APPROXIMATELY 3 FOOT FROM THE TIP WITH THE LEADING EDGE TWISTED DOWNWARD. THERE WERE SKIN WRINKLES AFT OF THE CABIN AREA ON THE LEFT LOWER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND JUST FORWARD OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKEN AND BENT IN NUMEROUS AREAS. THE FIREWALL WAS CRUSHED INWARD IN THE LOWER FORWARD AREA AND DAMAGED IN NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS DUE TO THE ENGINE CRUSHING BACK INTO IT. THE VERTICAL FIN WAS CRUSHED DOWNWARD AS WAS THE RUDDER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN13CA277Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportGroesbeck, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted takeoff.May 11, 2013 · Substantial damage