# Accident 20110501012169A: Beech A23, Hammonton, NJ, May 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6672° N, 74.7547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6672&lon=-74.7547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3594R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3594R-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-346 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 322 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110501012169A

## Narrative

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

MAY 1, 2011PILOT TAXIED FOR TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 3 AT HAMMONTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (N81). WHILE ON THE RUNWAY HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CALL FOR "DOWNWIND FOR BASE LEG" OVER THE VHF COMMUNICATION RADIO (UNICOM), FOR SAME RUNWAY. PILOT BECAME NERVOUS ON THE TAXI /TAKE-OFF ROLL AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE TO THE LEFT OVER AN EMBANKMENT, BECAME AIRBORN FOR A BRIEF MOMENT AND CRASHED IN A BLUE BERRY FIELD ADJACENT TO THE HAMMONTON AIRPORT (N81). NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT (PILOT). THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF IMPACT WITH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE POSTS.WHEN FAA ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED IN A BLUEBERRY FIELD, WEST OF RUNWAY 3, JUST OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT N3594R, A BEECH A23, S/N M783, REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, INBD LEADING EDGE AND SPAR AND OUTER WING RIB BENEATH THE SKIN SURFACE. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE ENGINE LOWER COWLING, NOSE SECTION TO THE FIBERGLASS COWLING AND TO THE PROPELLER. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IS EVIDENT, AS THE NOSE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY ANGLED OFF CENTER (AFT). OTHER DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE LEFT WING OUTER LEADING EDGE WHERE IT APPEARS THE WING CONTACTED THE METAL AIRPORT FENCE POST. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY IS CONFINED TO 100 FT OF THE PERIMETER FENCE. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCRIBED THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ON RUNWAY 3 ATTEMPTING TO TAKE-OFF WHEN HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATE OVER THE VHF RADIO (UNICOM) THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING BASE LEG FOR FINAL ON THE SAME RUNWAY (RUNWAY 3). AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT PANICKED AND GAVE THE AIRCRAFT MORE THROTTLE IN EFFORT TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE LEFT OFF RUNWAY 3 INTO AN EMBANKMENT, BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND WENT THROUGH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE PRIOR TO COMING TO REST IN THE BLUEBERRY FIELD. ON LOCATION, FAA ASKED PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR HIS PILOT'S CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, TO WHICH HE STATED; THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL. THE PILOT'S CERTIFICATE WAS REVIEWED AND FOUND RELEVANT AS A SINGLE ENGINE, PRIVATE PILOT.

## 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 ERA11CA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA275), May 1, 2011: Beech A23 (N3594R), Hammonton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted takeoff.

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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