20041201033869I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech A23 · El Dorado, AR · December 1, 2004

Date: December 1, 2004 · 16:30 local
Place: El Dorado, AR
Airport: Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1443L
Reported as: Beech A23
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 23 total16 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N1443LRegistration cancelled Apr 14, 2008 · Beech A23S/N M-837 · Built 1965 Airframe modelBeech A23 Engine modelContinental IO-346 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On December 1, 2004, at approximately 1630 hours CST, a Beechcraft BE-23-A23, N1443L, collided with trees while conducting either a takeoff or landing (probably a takeoff) at the El Dorado Downtown Airport (F43), El Dorado, Arkansas. The student pilot (who did not have a student pilot certificate or medical cert). Was not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The aircraft was being operated as a personal flight by the owner/non-pilot-student pilot under 14 CFR part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated at the F43 airport at approximately 1630 hours CST. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The owner/pilot stated he was practicing taxiing the airplane and lost control when the seat moved causing the throttle to go forward. He stated he braked, but there was found to be no evidence of the airplane in contact with the ground from the edge of the runway to the final resting place of the wreckage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 1, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS CST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-23-A23, N1443L, COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE CONDUCTING EITHER A TAKEOFF OR LANDING (PROBABLY A TAKEOFF) AT THE EL DORADO DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (F43), EL DORADO, ARKANSAS. THE STUDENT PILOT (WHO DID NOT HAVE A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL CERT). WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY THE OWNER/NON-PILOT-STUDENT PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE F43 AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE OWNER/PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING TAXIING THE AIRPLANE AND LOST CONTROL WHEN THE SEAT MOVED CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO GO FORWARD. HE STATED HE BRAKED, BUT THERE WAS FOUND TO BE NO EVIDENCE OF THE AIRPLANE IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY TO THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE WRECKAGE.