- Date
- August 28, 1990, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Keene, NH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N613NWaco DSO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900828040249A
- Case key
- 36723
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Probable cause
Aborted takeoff with insufficient room available to stop. The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff was a factor.
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 in a float equipped airplane. The lake surface was 3000 feet long and smooth (glassy). The pilot said it took longer to get onto the step and get airborne. Once airborne, he said he felt he would not clear the trees at the edge of the lake and aborted the takeoff. He settled to the lake surface and ran into trees at the end of the lake. The FAA reported no evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N613N
- Reported as
- Waco DSO
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3047
- Engine
- Continental R-670-G, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hugh M. Eaton, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- EEN
- Airport
- NONE · Wilson Pond
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 112 in this make and model · 383 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.