30.3842° N, 103.6836° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ALPINE-CASPARIS MUNI (E38), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 16, 2000 · 10:30 local
Place
Alpine, TX
Airport
Alpine/Casparis Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13AM
Reported as
Beech F33C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total100 in this make and model25 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.
(-23)Pilot failed to climb out of ground effect during a high density altitude take-off. The pilot did not use correct mountain flying techniques and aborted the take-off in a field adjecent to the end of the airport runway, hitting a wire with the right landing gear door.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)PILOT FAILED TO CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT DURING A HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TAKE-OFF. THE PILOT DID NOT USE CORRECT MOUNTAIN FLYING TECHNIQUES AND ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF IN A FIELD ADJECENT TO THE END OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY, HITTING A WIRE WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR.