PORT LAVACA, TX, USA
N87546
CESSNA 421C
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND BUSHES DURING TAKEOFF. THE RWY WAS SHELL AND TURF CONSTRUCTION 2300 FT LONG. THE PLT FIGURED THE TAKEOFF DISTANCE FROM A CHART USING DRY HARD SURFACED LEVEL RWY. THE ACCELERATION SEEMED SLOW ACCORDING TO A WITNESS AND THE ACFT LEFT TIRE TRACKS UP TO A POINT ABOUT 10 FT FROM THE DEPARTURE END. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE FENCEAND TOPS OF BUSHES AND TREES THE ACFT SETTLED INTO THE UNDERGROWTH AND SLID TO A STOP. THE ACFT WEIGHED 6718 POUNDS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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