# Accident 20120819019489A: Beech A23-19, West Liberty, KY, August 19, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: West Liberty, KY
- Airport: West Liberty
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9086° N, 83.2511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9086&lon=-83.2511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4746J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4746J-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-19 (registry code 1151212, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-19
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 18 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA516](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA516) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120819019489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE RUN UP. ENGINE CHECK WAS NORMAL. HE LINED UP ON RUNWAY 25 AND SET PARKING BRAKE. RELEASED BRAKES WHILE AT POWER AND PROCEEDED DOWN RUNWAY AND AT 80 MPH, HE LIFTED OFF. HE THOUGHT HE WAS NOT MAKING ENOUGH POWER TO CLEAR THE TREES AND THOUGHT HE MIGHT STALL SO HE TRIED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH 654 FT OF RUNWAY REMAINING AND 98 FEET OF GRASS OVERUN. HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 7 AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET FROM THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE SURFACE, BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A DITCH ADJACENT TO DOGWOOD LANE.

## 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 ERA12CA516](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA516), Aug 19, 2012: Beech A23-19 (N4746J), West Liberty, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort a takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N4746J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770828022659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770828022659A), Aug 28, 1977: Beech A2319 (N4746J), Lyndon, KS, Substantial damage

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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