# Accident 19980607012489A: Beech 23, Excelsior, MO, June 7, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1998, 17:25 local time
- Place: Excelsior, MO
- Airport: Excelsior Springs Memorial Arp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3493° N, 94.2297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3493&lon=-94.2297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2302Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2302Q-2001-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 480 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980607012489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE GET TAKEOFF SPEED. ABORTED OVERRAN RUNWAY. HIT OBSTICLE. BURNED OVER GROSS WEIGHT. (.4)THE PILOT INITIATED A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF PROCEDURE BY HOLDING THE BRAKES UNTIL FULL POWER HAD BEEN OBTAINED BY THE ENGINE.  APPROXIMATELY 1,200' DOWN THE RUNWAY THE PILOT REACHED THE NORMAL ROTATION SPEED, 68-70 KNOTS, AND NOTICED THE PLANE WOULD NOT BECOME AIRBORNE.  THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLEAR A TREE LINE, HEIGHT BETWEEN 40' AND 50', THAT WAS OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED A LARGE MOUND OF DIRT PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND TORE THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEARS FROM THE WINGS. BOTH OF THE FUEL TANKS WERE COMPROMISED AND A POST IMPACT FIRE STARTED.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST, THE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.  POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING OVER MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT'S TWO WING FUEL TANKS WERE COMPLETELY FILLED BEFORE TAKEOFF AND THE FLIGHT HAD FOUR OCCUPANTS ABOARD. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, TH                                                            E PILOTED STATED THAT HE DID NOT COMPLETE A WEIGHT AND BALANCE CALCULATION OR COMPUTE TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE AS A PART OF HIS PREFLIGHT ACTIVITIES. (-23)ON JUNE 7, 1998, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, OPERATED BEECHCRAFT BE-23, N2302Q, AS PILOT IN COMMAND AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AIRPORT, EXCELSIOR SPRINS, MISSOURI.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD FULL FUEL TANKS AND THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  ^PRIVACY D^ WAS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE FLYING SPEED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LIMITED LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY D^ ABORTED THE TAKEOFF ON RUNWAT 19, DEPARTTED THE RUNWAY AND HIT AN OBSTACLE ON THE GOLF COURSE, ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AICRAFT BEING DESTROYED BY FIRE.  ALL OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA191), Jun 7, 1998: Beech 23 (N2302Q), Excelsior Spr, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: the inadequate preflight planning by the pilot in command and exceeding the maximum gross weight for the aircraft. A factor was the berm.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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