Judge Q2 N31DJ

Summary

On 12 May 1988 at about 22:42 local time, a Judge Q2 registered N31DJ, operated by Daniel J. Judge, was involved in an accident near Cut Bank, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 May 1988 at 22:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Cut Bank, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Cut Bank Muni. (CTB)

Coordinates

48.6506, -112.8400

Aircraft

Judge Q2

Registration

N31DJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daniel J. Judge

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88DTI01

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACDT OCCURRED ON THE ARPT WHEN THE PLT DECIDED TO ABORT THE FLT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLT SAID THAT AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT DID NOT SEEM TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY SO HE DECIDED TO LAND. THE TAKEOFF HAD BEEN MADE ON A 5300 FT LONG RWY WHICH HAS A 600 FT OVERRUN AND A 2545 FT SECTION OF UNUSABLE RWY BEYOND THE OVERRUN. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE RT AFTER TAKEOFF AND THE LANDING WAS MADE IN THE GRASS AREA BESIDE THE UNUSABLE SECTION OF THE RWY. AFTER LANDING THE ACFT CROSSED AN ABANDONED RWY FROM WHICH THE ASPHALT HAD BEEN REMOVED. UPON CROSSING THE ABANDONED RWY THE ACFT STRUCK A LIP AND THE LT CANARD BROKE OFF. THE DENSITY ALT AT THE TIME OF THE ACDT WAS ABOUT 5900 FT. THE PLT SAID THE FLIGHT MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR HIGH ALT OPERATIONS IN THIS ACFT ARE SKETCHY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.