# Incident 20060820021939I: Beech B36TC, Knoxville, PA, August 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2006, 14:15 local time
- Place: Knoxville, PA
- Airport: Champ Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9590° N, 77.4261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHAMP FLD (6PS3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9590&lon=-77.4261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3121S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3121S-2019-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 205 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060820021939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON TURF RWY 9, CHAMP FIELD (6PS3), KNOXVILLE, PA AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM LOCAL, AFTER FILLING AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO ALLEGHENY AIRPORT (AGC). PILOT STATED ENGINE POWER CHECK PRIOR TO TAKEOFF WAS SATISFACTORY AND 15 DEGREES OF FLAPS WERE SELECTED FOR THE TAKEOFF. PILOT STATED HE ROTATED AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 60-65 KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED. AIRCRAFT FLEW IN GROUND EFFECT AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB AND INCREASING AIRSPEED WAS ACHIEVED. PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH CLIMB PERFORMANCE AND ELECTED TO RETRACT THE WING FLAPS. THE RIGHT WING DROPPED SLIGHTLY AND THE STALL WARNING ACTIVATED. PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF AND RETARDED ENGINE THROTTLE TO IDLE. AIRCRAFT SETTLED IN LEVEL ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED GROUND, SLID OFF RUNWAY THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH AND CAME TO REST IN GRASSY FIELD ADJACENT TO RUNWAY DEPARTURE END. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE TWO OCCUPANTS AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. LIMITED ENGINE INSPECTION REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS BEYOND IMPACT DAMAGE. PILOT STATED WEIGHT AND BALANCE CALCULATIONS INDICATED AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AT 400 POUNDS BELOW GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT.

## Other reports on N3121S (1)

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

- [Incident 19910801047569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910801047569I), Aug 1, 1991: Beech B36TC (N3121S), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. Alternator problem en route. Almost landed gear up. Made go around. Hand cranked gear down and landed safely.

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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