- Date
- March 14, 1989, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9087AAircraft Parts & Dev. A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890314003789A
- Case key
- 7832
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation/planning to assure sufficient runway length for clearing obstructions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Three-fourths of the way down the 1,400 ft grass field during the takeoff roll the airspeed was 45 KTS and the load was dumped. The aircraft become airborne but hit trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9087A
- Reported as
- Aircraft Parts & Dev. A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5002
- Airframe hours
- 544
- Engine
- Lycoming IO540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- David N. Usery
- Registered owner
- Mooresville Farms, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1988 · 7 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,382 total · 5 in this make and model · 4,881 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.