20090811048119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Sanford, FL · August 11, 2009

Date
August 11, 2009 · 08:30 local
Place
Sanford, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9261S
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09LA458
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
80 total3 in this make and model15 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.

The 80 hour private pilot occupied the right seat while the passenger who happened to be a student pilot as well occupied the left seat of his fathers aircraft. It appears that the PIC lost control of the aircraft while atttemping another touch and go on runway 9R. The aircraft veered to the right crossing the width of runway 9R from left to right, hit a taxi light and an airport sign, then continued on the ground then flying over a ditch and ending up with the nose of the aircraft embedded into a 45 degree embankment some 580 feet from the sign.

As the FAA filed it

THE 80 HOUR PRIVATE PILOT OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT WHILE THE PASSENGER WHO HAPPENED TO BE A STUDENT PILOT AS WELL OCCUPIED THE LEFT SEAT OF HIS FATHERS AIRCRAFT. IT APPEARS THAT THE PIC LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTTEMPING ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 9R. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT CROSSING THE WIDTH OF RUNWAY 9R FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, HIT A TAXI LIGHT AND AN AIRPORT SIGN, THEN CONTINUED ON THE GROUND THEN FLYING OVER A DITCH AND ENDING UP WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT EMBEDDED INTO A 45 DEGREE EMBANKMENT SOME 580 FEET FROM THE SIGN.

NTSB investigation

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