- Date
- August 15, 1990, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Burdett, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7772JBoeing A75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900815033519A
- Case key
- 36716
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Probable cause
The pilot did not properly compensate for the cross wind and failed to maintain directional control during takeoff.
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 attempted a takeoff on runway 18 with winds from 220 degrees at 10 to 15 knots. The grass runway was 2700 feet long and 90 feet wide. People were ahead and on the left and the pilot said he let the plane drift to the right to give them more clearance. He said he then hit a bump and became airborne and the wheels were dragging in brush. The pilot decided to abort the takeoff and closed the throttle. The aircraft then struck a tree. The FAA reported they could find no evidence of a pre existing failure or malfunction with the flight controls or brakes and the airplane departed the runway, with over 1000 feet of usable runway left, went down an embankment and struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7772J
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-8125
- Airframe hours
- 3,594
- Engine
- Continental W-670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M & R Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1989 · 27 hours before
- Destination
- PN90 · Roulette, PA
- Airport
- NK09 · Engle Ridge, runway 18, 2,700 × 90 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 435 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7772J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.