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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Muscle Shoals, AL · June 12, 2007

Date: June 12, 2007 · 17:20 local
Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
Airport: Northwest Alabama Regional
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N546B
Reported as: Beech A35
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,303 total113 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

N546BRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2009 · Beech A35S/N D-1564 · Built 1948 Airframe modelBeech A35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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 stated on takeoff while still in ground effect, aircraft drifted to the left of runway, touched down on grass and rolled into and out of a ditch. The nose gear was sheared off just above the tire and the propeller struck the surface. The pilot also stated he took off not knowing the elevator trim was set at approximately 14 degrees high.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED ON TAKEOFF WHILE STILL IN GROUND EFFECT, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN ON GRASS AND ROLLED INTO AND OUT OF A DITCH. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF JUST ABOVE THE TIRE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SURFACE. THE PILOT ALSO STATED HE TOOK OFF NOT KNOWING THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS SET AT APPROXIMATELY 14 DEGREES HIGH.

Other reports on N546B · 1

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

Accident 20080530837419ATo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Americus, GA(-23) The aircraft departed runway 23 at the Souther airport and climbed to an altitude of approximately 100 feet when it appeared to have leveled off. The aircraft began to bank to the left, slowly at first until exceeding at 45 degree bank when it began to…May 30, 2008 · Destroyed · 3 fatal