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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Tuscaloosa, AL · May 4, 2006

Date
May 4, 2006 · 23:53 local
Place
Tuscaloosa, AL
Airport
Tuscaloosa Municipal
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6745M
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,214 total150 in this make and model5 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) The pilot privacy data omitted stated that on take off roll, at rotation speed the crew entry door opened. He aborted the take off and came to a stop on the runway and he and the passenger seated in the right front seat privacy data omitted unsuccessfully tried to close the door. He decided to clear the active runway and angled off onto the taxiway entrance. The aircraft stopped facing in the same general direction of the runway. The pilot privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted tried again to close the crew entry door. The pilot privacy data omitted did not set the parking brake and while his attention was focused on the door problem his feet eased up on the brakes and the aircraft slowly rolled forward. The pilot privacy data omitted did not feel the aircraft moving and it was not noticed until the aircraft's nose wheel collapsed after striking the runway light.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ STATED THAT ON TAKE OFF ROLL, AT ROTATION SPEED THE CREW ENTRY DOOR OPENED. HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND HE AND THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. HE DECIDED TO CLEAR THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND ANGLED OFF ONTO THE TAXIWAY ENTRANCE. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED FACING IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ TRIED AGAIN TO CLOSE THE CREW ENTRY DOOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ DID NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND WHILE HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE DOOR PROBLEM HIS FEET EASED UP ON THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY ROLLED FORWARD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ DID NOT FEEL THE AIRCRAFT MOVING AND IT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AFTER STRIKING THE RUNWAY LIGHT.

Other reports on N6745M · 2

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