ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358761
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1995 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9273M |
| MSN: | 1212 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2781 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ronan, MT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Anaconda, MT (3U3) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL ON A ROUGH AND UNEVEN AIRSTRIP, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE AND TURNED SIDEWAYS AS THE LEFT WING TIP CAUGHT IN TALL GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND REDUCED POWER TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH TREES. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND SPUN AROUND 90 DEGREES TO THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
Probable Cause: DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A ROUGH/UNEVEN AIRSTRIP AND TALL VEGETATION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA95LA141
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 August 1988 | N9273M | Private | 0 | Visalia, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 17:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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