INDIANTOWN, FL, USA
N1767Q
CESSNA 150L
THE ACFT ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF FROM AN INTERMEDIATE POINT OF A DAMP, SOFT, TURF RWY. A 70 DEG. LEFT X-WIND OF APPROX 25 KTS EXISTED AT THE TIME. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY. THEE ACFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE CRASH & THE PAX SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PLT WAS UNINJURED. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HE HAD USED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RWY & HAD NOT ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF IN SUCH HIGH X-WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORT MOMENTS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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