# Accident 20180707024619A: Commander COMNDR-114, Corsicana, TX, July 7, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Corsicana, TX
- Airport: Corsicana Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0289° N, 96.3969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0289&lon=-96.3969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314CT-2019-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMMANDER COMNDR-114
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA403) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180707024619A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 07, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT, A ROCKWELL COMMANDER 114, N310CT, OWNED AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD AN ACCIDENT AT C DAVID CAMPBELL FIELD-CORSICANA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCRS).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 32 AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRACTICE A SOFT TAKEOFF AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER DEPARTURE AND LANDED IN A FIELD NEXT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL TREES AND A FENCE REMOVING THE LEFT WINGTIP AND AILERON, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH WINDS AT 050 DEGREES AT 8 KTS.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUBSTAINED NO INJURIES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

HOLDS COMMERICAL, AIRPLANE SINGLE & MULTIENGINE LAND, INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE CERTIFICATE.

FAA NINE RESPONSIBILTIES:  AIRMAN COMPETENCY.  CORRECTIVE ACTION (S) RECOMMENDED:  44709 REEXAMINATION.  INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA403), Jul 7, 2018: Rockwell 114 (N314CT), Corsicana, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain the runway heading during a soft-field takeoff with a tailwind, which resulted in a rejected takeoff.

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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