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Event MIA86FA015

1985-10-20 ZELLWOOD, Florida, United States Airport · X61 Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED AT A TURF STRIP UTILIZING FULL FLAPS AND 6 UNITS OF NOSE UP TRIM. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE HE WAS IN A HURRY TO AVOID INCLEMENT WEATHER AT HIS DESTINATION AND DID NOT UTILIZE A CHECK LIST HE NEVER RE-TRIMMED THE AIRCRAFT AND ON THE TAKE OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY. THE ACFT THEN STALL MUSHED RECONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED HE LOST CONTROL ON THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING TREES AND COMING TO REST IN A 5 1/2 FT DEEP DITCH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MIA86FA015.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

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