The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll resulting in the aircraft leaving the runway, crossing a ditch and collapsing the landing gear. A contributing factor was the ditch.
— NTSB Determination
The pilot/owner of the Piper PA-18-135, accompanied by his wife, was taking off from runway 12, a turf/grass strip, at Marion, Montana. Winds were light and out of the southeast at the time. The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll he lost directional control of the aircraft, which then departed the runway crossing a ditch and collapsing the main landing gear. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft during the event.
The pilot/owner of the Piper PA-18-135, accompanied by his wife, was taking off from runway 12, a turf/grass strip, at Marion, Montana. Winds were light and out of the southeast at the time. The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll he lost directional control of the aircraft, which then departed the runway…
The accident on 2003-04-23 involved a Piper PA-18-135, registration N60733, at Marion, MT.
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll resulting in the aircraft leaving the runway, crossing a ditch and collapsing the landing gear. A contributing factor was the ditch.
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