- Date
- May 25, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4787HMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870525015669A
- Case key
- 22373
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt attempted takeoff from the 2450 ft rwy at the mcgeehe catfish airport near Marietta, OK. The rwy was soft with a sharp rise in the direction of takeoff. The plt failed to maintain airspeed after liftoff and directional control was lost resulting in the acft impacting the terrain. The CFI had 5 hours of total PIC time in this make and model acft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4787H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 240877
- Airframe hours
- 1,855
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wosco Aviation
- Registered owner
- Wright Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1986 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- F54 · Arlington, TX
- Airport
- T40 · Mcgeehe Catfish, runway 17, 2,450 × 60 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 535 total · 5 in this make and model · 283 as pilot in command · 161 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAV, 66 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.