What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The aircraft was taking off from rwy 24 at Payson when the pilot stated he looked down at the PFD and noted the airspeed indicated ?0?. The pilot said he had rotated but the aircraft was not climbing. He looked back outside and the aircraft had drifted to the left into the infield and continued toward the taxiway and ramp parking area below the airport cafÉ.
Tire and propeller marks were noted crossing the taxiway and drifting south towards the line shack located to the west of the parking ramp. Additional wheel tracks show the aircraft turned slightly back toward the runway where they ran across the end of the ramp concrete curbing, over the ?weather rock?, and down a shallow embankment to the west of the ramp. The aircraft came to rest after the nose gear collapsed and the airframe swung to the left.
No injuries were recorded by the 3 persons aboard the aircraft.
The pilot gave a written description of what had happened, but stated that he was on his way home (internationally) in the morning. No flight times could be obtained from the pilot before he left the U.S. He has not contacted the FSDO to provide any further information.
Inspection of the aircraft shows the nose gear collapsed forward and bent to the right. There was damage to the firewall and belly structure immediately aft of the nose gear attach point. The propeller was bent forward at the tips. The left hand elevator tip had bent upwards at the outboard portion of the control surface; and there was dirt and scratches on the lower leading edge of the elevator tip surface.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF FROM RWY 24 AT PAYSON WHEN THE PILOT STATED HE LOOKED DOWN AT THE PFD AND NOTED THE AIRSPEED INDICATED ?0?. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD ROTATED BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING. HE LOOKED BACK OUTSIDE AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT INTO THE INFIELD AND CONTINUED TOWARD THE TAXIWAY AND RAMP PARKING AREA BELOW THE AIRPORT CAFÉ.
TIRE AND PROPELLER MARKS WERE NOTED CROSSING THE TAXIWAY AND DRIFTING SOUTH TOWARDS THE LINE SHACK LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE PARKING RAMP. ADDITIONAL WHEEL TRACKS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SLIGHTLY BACK TOWARD THE RUNWAY WHERE THEY RAN ACROSS THE END OF THE RAMP CONCRETE CURBING, OVER THE ?WEATHER ROCK?, AND DOWN A SHALLOW EMBANKMENT TO THE WEST OF THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRFRAME SWUNG TO THE LEFT.
NO INJURIES WERE RECORDED BY THE 3 PERSONS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT.
THE PILOT GAVE A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT STATED THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME (INTERNATIONALLY) IN THE MORNING. NO FLIGHT TIMES COULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE PILOT BEFORE HE LEFT THE U.S. HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE FSDO TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FORWARD AND BENT TO THE RIGHT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND BELLY STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINT. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT FORWARD AT THE TIPS. THE LEFT HAND ELEVATOR TIP HAD BENT UPWARDS AT THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE CONTROL SURFACE; AND THERE WAS DIRT AND SCRATCHES ON THE LOWER LEADING EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR TIP SURFACE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.