- Date
- July 17, 1982, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Battleground, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N610SMong Sport 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820717029769A
- Case key
- 69894
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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 pilot tookoff from a rough turf field adjacent to a school after a parade featuring his plane. The day was hot and the field was short. The pilot was unable to clear 60 foot trees and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N610S
- Reported as
- Mong Sport 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JV6220
- Airframe hours
- 650
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard K. Beekman
- Registered owner
- Richard K. Beekman
- Departed
- Battleground, WA
- Destination
- 59S · Vancouver, WA
- Airport
- runway 32, 900 × 200 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 502 total · 250 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 189 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 12 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.