# Accident 20071204828719A: Beech 60, Wilmington, DE, December 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2007, 07:22 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6756° N, 75.6122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6756&lon=-75.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105PP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105PP-2008-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 60 (registry code 1153602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071204828719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BASED ON EYEWITNESS REPORTS, N105PP DEPARTED NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT, NEW CASTLE, DE (KILG) ON RUNWAY 27. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT ROLL, CLIMBED TO ABOUT 300 FEET AND THEN CONTINUED A LEFT ROLL UNTIL IT STRUCK THE GROUND IN AN ALMOST VERTICAL ATTITUDE BETWEEN A VACANT HANGAR AND TAXIWAY F, JUST SOUTH OF TAXIWAY F3. THE PILOT, STILL SECURED TO THE SEAT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BURST INTO FLAME ON IMPACT AND WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. FLAP ACTUATORS RECOVERED FROM THE CRASH SITE INDICATED THAT THE LEFT ACTUATOR WAS UP AND THE RIGHT ACTUATOR WAS EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) INCHES. A SIX (6) EXTENSION WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY A 30 DEGREE FLAP SETTING. PILOT AND AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS COULD NOT BE LOCATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA051), Dec 4, 2007: Beech 60 (N105PP), New Castle, DE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a split flap takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were the failure of the right flap drive mechanism…

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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