Accident Beechcraft A36 N6039Z, Monday 9 May 1983

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Date:	Monday 9 May 1983
Time:	13:30 LT
Type:	Beechcraft A36
Owner/operator:	W.l. Richardson Manufacturing
Registration:	N6039Z
MSN:	E-1490
Total airframe hrs:	718 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520-BB
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Minonk, IL - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Springfield, IL (KSPI)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE FARM STRIP, HE HAD ONLY 70 KTS AS HE APCHD THE END OF THE RWY. BY THEN, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO ABORT & HE BELIEVED THE ACFT HAD INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO CLEAR WIRES ALONG A ROADWAY ABOUT 330 FT FROM THE STRIP. PLOWED GROUND WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE END OF THE STRIP & THE ROAD & THE TERRAIN SLOPED SLIGHTLY UPWARD IN THAT AREA. THE PLT ELECTED TO FLY BETWEEN THE ROADWAY & THE WIRES. HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE CRASHED & CAME TO REST IN ANOTHER PLOWED FIELD BEYOND THE ROAD. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT & ENG REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL PROBLEM. A CHECK OF THE RWY REVEALED THAT THE 1ST FEW HUNDRED FEET WAS SOFT & THE GRASS WAS 3 TO 4 INCHES TALL.

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