- Date
- May 16, 1993, 15:39 local (22:39 UTC)
- Place
- Buckley, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84GRGrove GR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930516014549A
- Case key
- 43022
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff. The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the high vegetation beside the runway were factors.
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 the takeoff roll the aircraft began to drift into high grass outside of the mowed area of the turf runway. The pilot attempted to prematurely liftoff during which the aircraft's right wing struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84GR
- Reported as
- Grove GR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 21
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hill, Roy A.C.
- Registered owner
- Hill, Roy A.C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1992 · 21 hours before
- Airport
- WN42 · Flying H Ranch, runway 9, 2,400 × 75 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,999 total · 52 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCM, 15 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.