20240711014619A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 65-B80 · Woleai · July 11, 2024

Date
July 11, 2024 · 11:10 local
Place
Woleai
Airport
Woleai Yap Micronesia
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CVUA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N44MA
Reported as
Beech 65-B80
Reported engine
Lycoming TV0-435 series
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,783 total278 in this make and model119 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot performed a short field takeoff and accelerated the airplane to approximately 60MPH upon reaching the low spot of the runway. As the nose wheel hit the water puddle pilot immediately pulled back on the yoke to lift the airplane off the ground in order to avoid losing control of the airplane. The plan was discussed with the chief pilot, was to “hop” over the low spot of the runway where it would flood and to then further accelerate in a ground roll for takeoff. With the airplane only about 60 mph and approximately 250LBS below gross weight, the aircraft was unable to stay in ground effect momentarily and sank right back down. When the airplane made contact with the ground it was still over the low spot and the right wheel hit some deeper water which caused the aircraft to yaw to the right and lose control.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PERFORMED A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF AND ACCELERATED THE AIRPLANE TO APPROXIMATELY 60MPH UPON REACHING THE LOW SPOT OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE WATER PUDDLE PILOT IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE TO LIFT THE AIRPLANE OFF THE GROUND IN ORDER TO AVOID LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PLAN WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE CHIEF PILOT, WAS TO “HOP” OVER THE LOW SPOT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT WOULD FLOOD AND TO THEN FURTHER ACCELERATE IN A GROUND ROLL FOR TAKEOFF. WITH THE AIRPLANE ONLY ABOUT 60 MPH AND APPROXIMATELY 250LBS BELOW GROSS WEIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO STAY IN GROUND EFFECT MOMENTARILY AND SANK RIGHT BACK DOWN. WHEN THE AIRPLANE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND IT WAS STILL OVER THE LOW SPOT AND THE RIGHT WHEEL HIT SOME DEEPER WATER WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE RIGHT AND LOSE CONTROL.