# Accident 20160801014669A: Beech F33A, Blythe, CA, August 1, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2016, 00:45 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6319° N, 114.7169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6319&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6728X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6728X-2017-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,329 total, 513 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA411) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160801014669A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BLYTHE AIRPORT, CA AT 1:00 AM ON AUGUST 1, 2016 IN ROUTE TO HENDERSON, NV.  JUST AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP, SKIDDED THROUGH THE DESERT ACROSS A HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A REST.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE.

## 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 GAA16CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA411), Aug 1, 2016: Beech F33 (N6728X), Blythe, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed to climb and her exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack during takeoff initial climb at night, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at…

## Other reports on N6728X (1)

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

- [Accident 19940626016899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940626016899A), Jun 26, 1994: Beech F33A (N6728X), Quarryville, PA, Substantial damage. Overran runway landing in shifting wind. Tried go around. Struck a fence. Landed long. Delayed go around.

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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