- Date
- June 13, 2023, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wagener, SC · Owner's private airstrip, off end of turf runway
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- OE-DSDDiamond DA50
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 192606
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Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to take off from a short, grass runway in gusting wind conditions, resulting in a rejected takeoff and runway excursion.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was taking off to the east from his personal, grass airstrip, which was 2,400 ft-long and 75 ft-wide. Surface wind at a nearby airport was from 120° at 8 knots with gusts to 12 knots. Just before rotation on the takeoff roll, he felt a large wind gust and decided to abort the takeoff. He was unable to stop the airplane in the remaining runway, it collided with a fence, the landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest upright. The airplane’s wings and fuselage were substantially damaged during the accident. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- OE-DSD
- Reported as
- Diamond DA50 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50.C.A.A.017
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 173
- Engine
- Continental CD300, 300 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dantata Holdings Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 5, 2023 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- N/A · SD Farms, runway 9, 2,400 × 75 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 10, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 140 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Observed at
- KAIK, 9 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.6 MB in all.