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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2018 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2011N |
| MSN: | 12247 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1324 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-85-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Madison Municipal Airport (MDS/KMDS), Madison, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Madison Airport, SD (XMD/KMDS) |
| Madison Airport, SD (XMD/KMDS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor, acting as a safety pilot, in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, to expedite takeoff, he decided to take off from the grass runway instead of the concrete runway. He added that, about midway into the soft-field takeoff roll, he observed that the airplane was “struggling to build airspeed.” He added that the runway had previously thawed and was “wet spongy sod.” He reduced power and began to apply the brakes to abort the takeoff, but the airplane overran the runway, impacted a snow bank, and nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage.
The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s delayed aborted takeoff on a soft, wet, grass runway, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=96890
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 December 2024 | N2011N | Riggin Flight Service Inc | 0 | Hutchinson, KS | |
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2018 07:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 30-Dec-2024 19:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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