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Ocala, FL
THE ACFT STARTED ITS GROUND RUN AND UPON ENCOUNTERING A DIP IN THE RWY, THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE ENGINES LOST POWER SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND THE ACFT COLLIDED THAT A FENCE AND HAY BALES. THE ACFT OWNER STATED THAT THE PLT (A PROSPECTIVE BUYER OF THE ACFT) DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO FLY THE ACFT. POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NEGLIGIBLE FUEL ON BOARD THE ACFT.
THE ACFT STARTED ITS GROUND RUN AND UPON ENCOUNTERING A DIP IN THE RWY, THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE ENGINES LOST POWER SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND THE ACFT COLLIDED THAT A FENCE AND HAY BALES. THE ACFT OWNER STATED THAT THE PLT (A PROSPECTIVE BUYER OF THE ACFT) DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO FLY THE ACFT. POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NEGLIGIBLE FUEL ON BOARD THE ACFT.