What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot part of a 10 aircraft Cub Crafters high mountain exploration tour. All pilots paid outfitter to provide airport information, weather briefing, lodging, and training associated with the one week long tour.
Pilot began takeoff roll around 5:00 pm at 9300' elevation. Density altitude at the time was approximately 11,600'.
Prior to pilots departure, he had witnesed his friend depart earlier in the day on the same runway and stall and crash and destroy his aircraft. Pilot reported to ASI that he was extremely nervous as a result.
Pilot began takeoff roll without properly making the correct rudder inputs and as a result immediately began drifting to the right. This drift was never corrected throughout the takeoff roll and actually got worse. About 350' down the runway was a parking area just off the runway on the right side and a Cessna 182 was parked in this area.
As pilot of N319PT realized that he had drifted to the right and would impact the Cessna 182 he pulled back on the yoke and tried to jump/fly over the Cessna 182.
Plane got airborne for a brief moment, just high enough to roll over the top of the right wing on the Cessna 182. A powerpole guy wire, next to the parking area, was struck by the wing strut on the right side of the aircraft and then the aircraft immediately crashed in a ditch off the right side of the runway.
The power pole was severed around 20' as the guy wire snapped the pole and a hot powerline hit the ground, causing a small grass fire. It was immediately put out by the pilot of the plane parked in the parking area.
Impact with the ground caused both wings to break at the root and weeped down on the ground. Left fuel tank punctured and right tank contained half tank of fuel. Gear collapsed during impact and some leading edge damage as a result of crashing in ditch containing small aspens.
Pilot uninjured.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT PART OF A 10 AIRCRAFT CUB CRAFTERS HIGH MOUNTAIN EXPLORATION TOUR. ALL PILOTS PAID OUTFITTER TO PROVIDE AIRPORT INFORMATION, WEATHER BRIEFING, LODGING, AND TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONE WEEK LONG TOUR.
PILOT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL AROUND 5:00 PM AT 9300' ELEVATION. DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 11,600'.
PRIOR TO PILOTS DEPARTURE, HE HAD WITNESED HIS FRIEND DEPART EARLIER IN THE DAY ON THE SAME RUNWAY AND STALL AND CRASH AND DESTROY HIS AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED TO ASI THAT HE WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS AS A RESULT.
PILOT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL WITHOUT PROPERLY MAKING THE CORRECT RUDDER INPUTS AND AS A RESULT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. THIS DRIFT WAS NEVER CORRECTED THROUGHOUT THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND ACTUALLY GOT WORSE. ABOUT 350' DOWN THE RUNWAY WAS A PARKING AREA JUST OFF THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND A CESSNA 182 WAS PARKED IN THIS AREA.
AS PILOT OF N319PT REALIZED THAT HE HAD DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND WOULD IMPACT THE CESSNA 182 HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND TRIED TO JUMP/FLY OVER THE CESSNA 182.
PLANE GOT AIRBORNE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, JUST HIGH ENOUGH TO ROLL OVER THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING ON THE CESSNA 182. A POWERPOLE GUY WIRE, NEXT TO THE PARKING AREA, WAS STRUCK BY THE WING STRUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY CRASHED IN A DITCH OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.
THE POWER POLE WAS SEVERED AROUND 20' AS THE GUY WIRE SNAPPED THE POLE AND A HOT POWERLINE HIT THE GROUND, CAUSING A SMALL GRASS FIRE. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT BY THE PILOT OF THE PLANE PARKED IN THE PARKING AREA.
IMPACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSED BOTH WINGS TO BREAK AT THE ROOT AND WEEPED DOWN ON THE GROUND. LEFT FUEL TANK PUNCTURED AND RIGHT TANK CONTAINED HALF TANK OF FUEL. GEAR COLLAPSED DURING IMPACT AND SOME LEADING EDGE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF CRASHING IN DITCH CONTAINING SMALL ASPENS.
PILOT UNINJURED.
NTSB investigation
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