Oct 11, 2012
Accident
Substantial Chuckey, TN
Injuries1 serious, 1 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in an attempted takeoff at a high gross weight, near the limit of its aft center of gravity, and with the airplane incorrectly configured with fully extended flaps. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a pretakeoff checklist and the pilot’s lack of total flight experience in make and model.
NTSB ERA13FA017