- Date
- May 17, 1987, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wagontire, OR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3523XMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870517013959A
- Case key
- 40626
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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
During takeoff with full flaps and a density altitude of about 6,200 feet the aircraft failed to gain flying speed. Shortly after becoming airborne the aircrafts gear caught on a barbed wire fence at the departure end of the runway. The aircraft then struck the ground collapsing the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3523X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670060
- Airframe hours
- 2,645
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David W. Robinson
- Registered owner
- David W. Robinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 5, 1987 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- OR03 · Wagontire, OR
- Destination
- U33 · John Day, OR
- Airport
- OR03 · Wagontire
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 411 total · 299 in this make and model · 372 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N3523X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.