- Date
- March 28, 1983, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1170GMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830328009919A
- Case key
- 12122
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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 was practicing a short field takeoff. The acft came off the ground nose high at low airspeed. At about 40 feetagl the pilot retracted the landing gear and while doing this he inadvertantly raised the flaps. The acft mushed back tothe surface. The acft left wing was damaged by the ground impact. The weather was VMC, no flight plan had been filed andthe pilot was not injured. The flight had originated about 3 hours prior to the accident as a training flight from the u. of north dakota. The pilot had departed grand forks at 1445 CST, flew locally about 40 minutes and then flew to crookston, ND for touch and go landings. He then flew to Warren taxied in, shut down and visited the terminal. After restart and taxi, he decided to do the short/soft field takeoff which resulted in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1170G
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1315
- Airframe hours
- 459
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- University Of North Dakota
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1982 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- CKN · Crookston, MN
- Airport
- D37 · Warren Municipal, runway 12, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 182 total · 7 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.