Mooney M20C N6750U

Summary

On 20 February 2022 at about 21:30 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N6750U was involved in an accident near Crete, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 February 2022 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Crete, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Crete Municipal (KCEK)

Coordinates

40.6102, -96.9249

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N6750U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Falls City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA132

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the takeoff roll, the pilot felt the airplane veer left, so he applied backpressure to the control yoke. The pilot reported that the airplane became airborne, settled back to the runway, became airborne again, then veered to the left and settled into a bean field off the side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings. An airport surveillance video of the accident showed that, during the takeoff roll, the airplane’s nose rotated for takeoff and the airplane did not appear to gain any altitude as it continued down the runway. Still in a nose-high attitude, the airplane lifted off and then began to drift to the left before it settled back to the ground into the bean field. A visual examination of the airplane did not reveal any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operations. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot commanding the airplane to rotate before rotation speed, resulting in a loss of control.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.