- Date
- January 21, 1982, 19:45 local (Jan 22, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Shell Lake, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6029QMooney M-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820121001699A
- Case key
- 72608
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot initiated his takeoff roll on a runway covered with hard packed snow. As the nosewheel was lifted off of the runway, the aircraft started to drift left. The pilot stated that when he applied right rudder and slightly lowered the nose, the plane came back to the center of the runway. However, he said that he relaxed the rudder pressure and the aircraft apparently moved back to the left. The left wing began making contact with a snowbank at the side of the runway. The aircraft then veered farther left and went up on the snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6029Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3235
- Airframe hours
- 5,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wisconsin Flyers Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Wisconsin Flyers Incorporated
- Departed
- 39D · Shell Lake, WI
- Destination
- Eau Claire, WI
- Airport
- 39D · Shell Lake, runway 31, 3,108 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 194 in this make and model · 353 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Observed at
- EAW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.