- Date
- July 8, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8246TCessna 175B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910708026549A
- Case key
- 11692
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Probable cause
An aborted takeoff due to the pilot's reported binding of the elevator.
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
The pilot reported that during takeoff he noticed there was binding of the elevator as he tried to lift off. He aborted the takeoff and the airplane went off the side of the runway and nosed over. Post accident examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8246T
- Reported as
- Cessna 175B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17556946
- Airframe hours
- 1,018
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- L.M. Moore Contruction, Inc.
- Registered owner
- L.M. Moore Contruction, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 18, 1990
- Airport
- 1W6 · Farmington Airport, runway 18, 1,650 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 620 total · 57 in this make and model · 545 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8246T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.