Accident Cessna R182 N7579T, Sunday 10 June 2001

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Date:	Sunday 10 June 2001
Time:	18:10 LT
Type:	Cessna R182
Owner/operator:	Rko Aviation
Registration:	N7579T
MSN:	R18200042
Year of manufacture:	1977
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-J3C5D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	White Bear Lake, MN - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	White Bear Lake, MN
Destination airport:	Brainerd/Crow Wing County Airport, MN (BRD/KBRD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot aborted a takeoff on a soft grass field airstrip approximately 2,000 feet in length after noting that at over 1/2 down the runway the airplane would not rotate. The pilot stated that he did not perform a rolling takeoff and used 10 degrees of flaps. Federal Aviation Administration advisory information states that a rolling takeoff be performed on soft fields. The airplane manufacturer's checklist for short field takeoffs cites a trailing edge flap setting of 20 degrees.

Probable Cause: the takeoff checklist not followed and the inadequete soft field takeoff proecedure by the pilot. The short/soft field was a factor.

Accident investigation: