ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289465
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| Date: | Saturday 19 March 2011 |
| Time: | 11:55 LT |
| Type: |  Team Mini-Max |
| Owner/operator: | John Carrol Jennings |
| Registration: | UNREG |
| MSN: | Unknown |
| Engine model: | Subaru |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clinton, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Clinton, SC |
| Clinton, SC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to a witness, as the amateur-built airplane began its takeoff climb, the left wing hit a small tree. The airplane then tilted to the left and collided with larger trees before impacting the ground. An examination of the accident site revealed that the takeoff area was adjacent to the pilot's home. The takeoff area had 150 yards of cleared trees with 100-foot-tall trees on both ends of the clearing. The left wing impacted a tree approximately 20 above ground level, shearing off about half of the wing; the airplane then impacted larger trees before colliding with the ground. The non-certificated pilot likely did not have sufficient clearance from obstacles to perform a takeoff.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate performance planning, which resulted in a collision with a tree during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA11LA208
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 February 2007 | UNREG | Private | Adelanto, California | |
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| 8 June 2016 | UNREG | 0 | Batesville, Indiana | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 14:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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