- Date
- January 1, 1984, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2998LMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840101000109A
- Case key
- 33615
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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 acft ran off of the snow covered rwy into trees after an attempted downwind takeoff. The plt had packed the 8 inch snow by driving his car on the rwy. During the aborted takeoff the plt was unable to stop the acft before tree contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2998L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670103
- Airframe hours
- 1,587
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David A. Rippee
- Registered owner
- Waiter Forester & John Franks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1982 · 5 hours before
- Destination
- PFN · Panama City, FL
- Airport
- Ski Harber, runway 36, 2,600 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 38 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.