- Date
- June 10, 2006, 08:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N299TLMalott Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20060610010429A
- Case key
- 63906
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. A contributing factor was the wind gust.
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 airplane lifted off the runway and encountered a wind gust that dropped the left wing approximately 45 degrees. The airplane struck the ground despite corrective action by the pilot.
Factual narrative
On June 10, 2006, approximately 0825 mountain daylight time, a Malott Mustang II, N299TL, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during takeoff from Meadow Lake Airport (00V), Peyton, Colorado. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal cross-country flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. A visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed but had not been activated. The pilot and passenger on board the airplane were not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident, and was en route to Jeffco Airport (BJC), Broomfield, Colorado.
According to a telephone interview with the pilot and the accident report he submitted, the airplane lifted off the runway and encountered a wind gust that dropped the left wing approximately 45 degrees. The airplane struck the ground despite corrective action by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N299TL
- Reported as
- Malott Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1135
- Airframe hours
- 65
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · January 1, 2006
- Departed
- 00V · Peyton, CO
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 00V · Meadow Lake, runway 33
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
- 77
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 250 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.