# Accident 20201228016479A: Beech 65-A80-8800, Alexandria, MN, December 28, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2020, 19:40 local time
- Place: Alexandria, MN
- Airport: Chandler Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BEMA
- Location: 45.8655° N, 95.3945° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8655&lon=-95.3945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N134BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A80-8800 (registry code 1152810, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80-8800) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-A80-8800
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720-A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201228016479A

## Narrative

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

2020-12-28, N134BA, A BEECHCRAFT QUEEN AIR LANDED IN ALEXANDRIA (KAXN), MN AT 1608L IN THE DAYLIGHT. THE PIC PROCEEDED TO DEPART THE AIRPORT AND ARRIVED BACK AFTER DARK, AROUND 1900L. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRUCKS WERE ARRIVING TO LOAD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON A DARK PORTION OF THE RAMP. THE DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PIC STATED THAT HE DID DO A PREFLIGHT AND THERE WAS NO FROST ON THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED PACKAGES FROM TWO TRUCKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED TO THE MAX GROSS WEIGHT OF 8800LBS, THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY THE PIC SHOWED THIS, AND THE PIC REFUSED A FEW PACKAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT RESTRICTION.

AT 1935L THE PIC WAS IN THE SEAT AND TURNED ON THE BEACON LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AT 1942L. WITNESS STATEMENT IS THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION, ABOUT 10 FEET OFF THE GROUND; THE AIRCRAFT WENT LEFT, WHICH WAS ABNORMAL SO THE CELL PHONE WAS GRABBED, THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT AND THEN LEFT INTO THE GROUND. THE CALL TO 911 TOOK PLACE WHEN IT WAS STILL 1942 AND PD DISPATCHED AT 1943. WITNESS TO THE POST CRASH INTERVIEW THAT NIGHT STATED THE PILOT DESCRIBED THAT THE AIRCRAFT, "WOBBLED TO THE RIGHT, THEN WOBBLED TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED INTO THE GRASS." THE PIC STATED TO THE PD ON SCENE COMMANDER, "THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY LOADED AND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN FROST ON THE WINGS, SO THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN WHY I COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE."

THE FOLLOWING DAY THE PIC TOLD FAA ON SCENE THAT HE BEGAN ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT AT 82 KTS GETTING AIRBORNE AT ABOUT 85 KTS. PER THE CHECKLIST, AT MAX GROSS WEIGHT OF 8800 LBS THE ROTATION SPEED IS 96 KTS.

## 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 CEN21LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA101), Dec 29, 2020: Beech 65-A80-8800 (N134BA), Alexandria, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to attempt takeoff with frost covering the airplane and rotating below the published rotation speed, which led to exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an…

## Other reports on N134BA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970912035229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912035229I), Sep 12, 1997: Beech 65A808800 (N134BA), Alexandria, MN, Minor damage. Narrative: on September 12, 1997 at 1900 CDT, N134BA, BE-65-A80-8800, operated by bemidji aviation services, inc. (bema) piloted by [privacy data omitted]…

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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