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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Dekalb, TX · June 4, 1979

Date
June 4, 1979 · 18:00 local
Place
Dekalb, TX
Airport
Three Sides
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N969SD
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DA086
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,734 total134 in this make and model254 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Made prematue lift off. Allowed acft to drift off rwy. Could not leave ground effect. Struck ditch.

As the FAA filed it

MADE PREMATUE LIFT OFF. ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT OFF RWY. COULD NOT LEAVE GROUND EFFECT. STRUCK DITCH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.