- Date
- June 23, 2015, 06:18 local (13:18 UTC)
- Place
- Nyssa, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2159CWSK PZL Mielec M 18A
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20150623008139A
- Case key
- 91430
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
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 reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane rolled over a bump on the runway surface and became airborne. The airplane descended to the runway while operating at takeoff power, resulting in a departure end runway excursion and collided with terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to the flight that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane rolled over a bump on the runway surface and became airborne. The airplane descended to the runway while operating at takeoff power, resulting in a departure end runway excursion and collided with terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to the flight that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2159C
- Reported as
- WSK PZL Mielec M 18A (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1Z024-21
- Built
- 1994
- Airframe hours
- 4,490.2
- Engine
- Honeywell/Garrett 331-IOU, 970 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Bybee Air Service Inc
- Registered owner
- Bybee Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 2015 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- 970G · Nyssa, OR
- Destination
- 970G · Nyssa, OR
- Airport
- 97OG · Bybee Field, runway 35, 3,000 × 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
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 2, 2015
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 3,825.1 total · 94.6 in this make and model · 3,521.1 as pilot in command · 131 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- ONO, 7 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 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.