FORT WORTH, TX, USA
N98816
CESSNA 172P
PRIVATE PILOT IN CESSNA 172P WITH THREE PASSENGERS ABOARD ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF WITH 60 DEGREE, 9 KNOT CROSS-WIND COMPONENT. PILOT ROTATED AIRCRAFT PREMATURELY CAUSING STALL WARNING HORN TO ACTIVATE AND AIRSPEED TO DISSIPATE. PILOT LOWERED NOSE OF AIRCRAFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN AIRSPEED. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. PILOT FAILED TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO COMPENSATE FOR CROSS-WIND AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF RUNWAY AND IMPACT THE GROUND AND A FENCE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. PILOT HAD ONE HOUR OF DUAL INSTRUCTION IN ACCIDENT MAKE AND MODEL AND TOTAL OF 2 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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