# Accident 20111023024809A: Beech C23, Columbia, MS, October 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, MS
- Airport: Columbia-Marion County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2969° N, 89.8128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2969&lon=-89.8128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89MH-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 28,930 total, 50 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111023024809A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2011, N89MH WAS PREPARING TO DEPART COLUMBIA-MARION COUNTY AIRPORT (0R0) AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC AND THE PILOT WAS PREPARING TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 5 HEADED NORTH.  THE PILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKEOFF, APPROXIATELY 200FT UP, THE ENGINE LOSS POWER AND HE MADE THE DECISION TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY 34, DOWN AN ENBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED BY AN OLD LIGHT JUST OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  911 WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED.

## 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 ERA12LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA048), Oct 23, 2011: Beech C23 (N89MH), Columbia, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during 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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