- Date
- April 10, 1993, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36JDMong SPORT-S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930410008789A
- Case key
- 27956
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to visually clear the runway before starting the takeoff ground run. Factors in the accident were inadequate airspeed at the time of liftoff which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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
A mong sport s home built collided with terrain after an in flight loss of control during a premature liftoff and aborted takeoff. The airplane is equipped with conventional landing gear. The pilot taxied onto the runway behind a departing airplane. As the pilot started his takeoff roll, his forward vision was obstructed by the engine cowling. When the pilot lifted the tailwheel, he saw the other airplane still on the runway and aborted the takeoff. The pilot then lifted his airplane off the runway and turned to avoid a collision with the other airplane on the runway. The accident airplane then stalled, descended uncontrolled, and collided with downsloping terrain adjacent to the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36JD
- Reported as
- Mong SPORT-S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 303
- Engine
- Continental C-90-14F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dormer, John D.
- Registered owner
- Dormer, John D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1992 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- L18 · Fallbrook Airpark, runway 18, 2,100 × 75 ft
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,721 total · 303 in this make and model · 4,613 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRQ, 14 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.