- Date
- June 8, 1990, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Watonga, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N55292Boeing E75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900608019529A
- Case key
- 23139
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Probable cause
Pic's failure to use all of the available runway. A factor was the high density altitude.
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 field elevation was 1,537 feet and the density altitude was 3,700 feet. The runway was 4,220 feet long but the pilot departed from an intersection and had only 1,584 feet of runway available. A witness said the airplane lifted off in a nose high attitude and never got above 30 feet before it started back down. The pilot said he was trying to land the airplane but was not able to get the airplane stopped before it hit a roadway curb, and then a pickup-truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55292
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-842
- Airframe hours
- 6,689
- Engine
- Continental R-670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Menger, Charles C. Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- OK78
- Destination
- HYS · Hayes, KS
- Airport
- OK78 · Watonga, runway 17, 4,220 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,423 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,198 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.