- Date
- June 24, 1988, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N201ZPMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880624023859A
- Case key
- 22655
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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 dragged the lower empennage on the runway during the takeoff rotation. A premature liftoff resulted and the aircraft recontacted the runway twice before the aircraft passed the runway end. Thereafter, the aircraft collided with a powerline before impacting the terrain. The pilot stated that he failed to properly position the elevator trim tab before initiating the takeoff ground run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201ZP
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0538
- Airframe hours
- 1,233
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Winkle, James W.
- Registered owner
- James W Winkle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1987 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- 9R5
- Destination
- BMT · Beaumont, TX
- Airport
- 9R5 · Hunt, runway 14L, 2,650 × 20 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 695 total · 492 in this make and model · 622 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP, 7 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.