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FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Levelland, TX · March 22, 1997

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Date
March 22, 1997 · 17:30 local
Place
Levelland, TX
Airport
Levelland Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N659Q
Reported as
Beech K35
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,850 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N659QRegistered now · Beech K35S/N D-5902 · Built 1959Airframe modelBeech K35Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: the flight instructor was preparing the private pilot student for the commercial pilot practical test. The student was asked to demonstrate a soft field takeoff. The student allowed the aircraft to over rotate and strike the tail on the runway. The aircraft departed the runway to the left, the student and instructor over corrected with right aileron causing the right wing to strike the ground, bending the right wing tip and right aileron.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PREPARING THE PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT FOR THE COMMERCIAL PILOT PRACTICAL TEST. THE STUDENT WAS ASKED TO DEMONSTRATE A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. THE STUDENT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO OVER ROTATE AND STRIKE THE TAIL ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR OVER CORRECTED WITH RIGHT AILERON CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO STRIKE THE GROUND, BENDING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT AILERON.