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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech E-55 · Hayden, ID · May 12, 2008

Date
May 12, 2008 · 18:50 local
Place
Hayden, ID
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5885C
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA08LA134
Reported as
Beech E55
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,400 total500 in this make and model100 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) According to the PIC (instructor); "during a simulated short field takeoff, initiated from a stop and go landing with approximately 2000 feet of runway available for takeoff, and climb out from runway 19 at kcoe, at approximately 100 feet AGL, the left engine lost power followed immediately by the right engine losing power. The student pilot was the flying pilot at the time; however the PIC pushed the nose down to gain airspeed." The aircraft impacted the ground inside of an electric company maintenance yard. The aircraft left wing impacted a stationary snow cat, the right wing impacted a wood shed and then the concrete wall of the electric company, the nose of the aircraft impacted a pickup truck. The gear was down, and selected as such, during the initial impact and collapsed during the momentum of the impact. Fuel was leaking from the ruptured wings, no fire ensued. The PIC and student pilot exited the aircraft under their own power. The PIC reported that they had flown approximately three (3) hours since refueling the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PIC (INSTRUCTOR); "DURING A SIMULATED SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF, INITIATED FROM A STOP AND GO LANDING WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET OF RUNWAY AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOFF, AND CLIMB OUT FROM RUNWAY 19 AT KCOE, AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE RIGHT ENGINE LOSING POWER. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE FLYING PILOT AT THE TIME; HOWEVER THE PIC PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN TO GAIN AIRSPEED." THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INSIDE OF AN ELECTRIC COMPANY MAINTENANCE YARD. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING IMPACTED A STATIONARY SNOW CAT, THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A WOOD SHED AND THEN THE CONCRETE WALL OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A PICKUP TRUCK. THE GEAR WAS DOWN, AND SELECTED AS SUCH, DURING THE INITIAL IMPACT AND COLLAPSED DURING THE MOMENTUM OF THE IMPACT. FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE RUPTURED WINGS, NO FIRE ENSUED. THE PIC AND STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THEIR OWN POWER. THE PIC REPORTED THAT THEY HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) HOURS SINCE REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.