- Date
- October 14, 2023, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Myakka City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N87621Monocoupe 90AL-115
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- 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
- FAA report
- 20231014016509A
- Case key
- 193248
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a fence during takeoff.
Findings · 2
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 stated that he had erected barbed wire fences on both sides of his private airstrip to keep cows off the runway. During takeoff, he veered left and struck the fence. The airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the wings and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87621
- Reported as
- Monocoupe 90AL-115
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 869
- Built
- 1949
- Airframe hours
- 837
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3A, 150 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- PVT · Pvt, runway 15, 3,400 × 80 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
- 70
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 5, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,150 total · 75 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 21 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSRQ 141453Z 32008G19KT 10SM SCT023 28/22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02780217 52004
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.