# Incident 20160509003239I: Mooney M20M, Sussex, NJ, May 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2016, 09:15 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1081C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 550 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160509003239I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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