19891116058619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech G18S · Atlanta, TX · November 16, 1989

Date
November 16, 1989 · 17:15 local
Place
Atlanta, TX
Airport
Atlanta Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
KVJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79LA
Reported as
Beech G18S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total900 in this make and model150 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.

Aircraft yawed right on a crosswind takeoff. Passenger retracted gear before pilot had sufficient flying speed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT YAWED RIGHT ON A CROSSWIND TAKEOFF. PASSENGER RETRACTED GEAR BEFORE PILOT HAD SUFFICIENT FLYING SPEED.

Other reports on N79LA · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.