CUT BANK, MT, USA
N4253D
BEECH G35
THE PILOT STARTED TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 31 WITH A WIND FROM 270 DEG AT 20 KTS. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER ABOUT 400 TO 500 FT IN THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE "PLANE VEERED RIGHT AND LEFT RUNWAY." IN A SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, HE SAID THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, HE FELT THE AIRPLANE "SKIP" SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND FELT THE RIGHT WING DROP. REPORTEDLY, HE THEN REJECTED THE TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED INTO THE WIND AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE BRAZE ASSEMBLY ROD ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE BENT FROM A SIDE OVERLOAD. A MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THERE WAS APPARENTLY NO PREVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE ROD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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