- Date
- September 18, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7413VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918049539A
- Case key
- 33488
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was using rwy 34 with the winds 190 degrees at 14 KTS gusting 20 KTS. The acft lifted off to about 10 ft and mushed back to the ground. The acft crossed a ditch and a rood and contacted a 2nd ditch which knocked off its right main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7413V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1206
- Airframe hours
- 2,116
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benton Airport, Inc.
- Registered owner
- George W. Peckham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- 1K1 · Benton, runway 34, 2,600 × 40 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 253 total · 25 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 18 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.