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THE BEECH SIERRA C24R AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL (SGJ) AIRPORT WITH THREE INSTRUCTORS ON BOARD WITH THE INTENT OF PERFORMING AN AIRCRAFT STANDARDIZATION CHECK RIDE. THE CFI WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND THE FIRST INSTRUCTOR PERFORMING THE CHECK RIDE WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT. ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OBSERVING THE FIRST CHECK RIDE AND WAS GOING TO PERFORM HIS CHECK RIDE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST. ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS IN THE FRONT SEAT PREFLIGHT CHECK AND ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED WELL ON THE GROUND PRIOR TO FLIGHT. IT WAS A CLEAR SUNNY DAY AS THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO DEPART THE AIRPORT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY, NO ISSUES WERE NOTED UNTIL ABOUT 150-200 FEET FROM THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT STRUGGLED TO CLIMB, WOULD NOT HOLD ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED AND BEGAN TO SINK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS (APPROACH LIGHTS RUNWAY 31) BEFORE LANDING NOSE DOWN AND THEN UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MARSH OFF THE RUNWAY. ALL THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR INJURIES THEN RELEASED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE SALVAGE YARD AND IS PENDING ENGINE TEARDOWN FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

PERFORMED TEARDOWN INSPECTION ON SITE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND NOTED CARBON AND METAL DEBRI FOUND IN THE OIL SCREEN; #4 FUEL INJECTOR LINE FITTING WAS CRACKED AND NOT SECURED TO THE INJECTOR; THE AIR FILTER ELEMENT WAS NOT IN PLACE BUT WAS FOUND MOSTLY BLOCKING THE AIR INTAKE HOSE LINE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THE RIGHT FRONT SEATBELT WAS FOUND BUCKLED WITH NO SLACK AND APPEARED IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USED.