19851229063829A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech P35BEECH · Lake Wales, FL · December 29, 1985

Date
December 29, 1985 · 12:25 local
Place
Lake Wales, FL
Airport
Chalet Suzanne
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1544Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA86LA049
Reported as
Beech P35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental IO470N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
729 total666 in this make and model35 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.

Rotated prematurely on takeoff from a wet sod runway. Got airborne, stalled and impacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

ROTATED PREMATURELY ON TAKEOFF FROM A WET SOD RUNWAY. GOT AIRBORNE, STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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