Accident Cessna 140 N77205, Tuesday 28 April 1992

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Date:	Tuesday 28 April 1992
Time:	13:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 140
Owner/operator:	H.t. Fancher
Registration:	N77205
MSN:	11669
Total airframe hrs:	1782 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-85
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Grain Valley, MO - United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Liberty, MO (MO10)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT AIRPORT WHICH WAS NOT HIS HOME BASE, AND TOOK OFF DOWNWIND. PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR TREES AND POPULATED AREA AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND ATTEMPTED A TURN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED ON A GOLF COURSE ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.

Probable Cause: A STALL FOLLOWING A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF.

Accident investigation: