- Date
- April 8, 1989, 08:28 local (15:28 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N611AAMorse F85P-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890408006899A
- Case key
- 26167
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Probable cause
An animal on the runway. Factors were: the pilot's intentional ground loop and the resultant loss of control.
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 intentionally swerved his aircraft and lost directional control during the takeoff ground roll to avoid a small animal on the runway. The aircraft subsequently ground looped and was substantially damaged. There was no reported mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N611AA
- Reported as
- Morse F85P-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 85001
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Auto F85-266, 212 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Morse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- RDD · Redding, CA
- Airport
- RDD · Redding Muni, runway 16, 7,003 × 150 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 6,200 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.