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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Sussex, NJ · May 9, 2016

Date
May 9, 2016 · 09:15 local
Place
Sussex, NJ
Airport
Sussex Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1081C
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total550 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Pilot departed runway 21 at Sussex Airport Sussex new jersey. Pilot started a takeoff roll and pulled back on yoke for lift off. Pilot drifted to the left of centerline into the grass next to the runway. Pilot had the nose of the aircraft pulled back for takeoff and was draging the tail of the aircraft on the left side of the runway thru the grass, pilot impacted two runway edge lights and one taxi way light before stopping aircraft. Pilot never developed enough airspeed for take off.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 AT SUSSEX AIRPORT SUSSEX NEW JERSEY. PILOT STARTED A TAKEOFF ROLL AND PULLED BACK ON YOKE FOR LIFT OFF. PILOT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE INTO THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. PILOT HAD THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PULLED BACK FOR TAKEOFF AND WAS DRAGING THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THRU THE GRASS, PILOT IMPACTED TWO RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS AND ONE TAXI WAY LIGHT BEFORE STOPPING AIRCRAFT. PILOT NEVER DEVELOPED ENOUGH AIRSPEED FOR TAKE OFF.