# NTSB ANC24LA065: Beech 65-B80, N44MA, Woleai Atoll, Micronesia, July 12, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 12, 2024, 11:10 local (01:10 UTC) - Place: Woleai Atoll, Micronesia · on runway - Coordinates: 7.376115, 143.908346 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=7.3761&lon=143.9083&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 10 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 194706 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC24LA065 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194706/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194706 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA065 ## Probable cause The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, resulting in a loss of directional control. Contributing to the accident was a flooded runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 141 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, during a short field takeoff on a runway that was flooded by heavy rain, the airplane’s right landing gear wheel went into a deep puddle of water and the airplane veered right. The pilot attempted to lift the airplane into ground effect to regain directional control, but the airplane was traveling too slow. The airplane exited the right side of the runway into tall grass and vegetation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing spar and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N44MA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44MA), registered now, S/N LD-412 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 65-B80 - Registry model: [Beech 65-B80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80) (registry code 1152812) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming TVO-435-GIA](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (registry code 41526, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: LD-412 - Airframe hours: 14005.5 - Engines: Lycoming IO-720-A1B 400 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming IO-720-A1B 400 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 135 - Operator: Pacific Mission Aviation - Registered owner: Pacific Mission Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 17, 2024, 24 hours before - Destination: PTYA, Colonia, OF - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: pvt, Woleai Atoll, runway 05, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 27, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,783 total, 278 in this make and model, 1,667 as pilot in command, 119 in the last 90 days, 32 in the last 30 days, 3.4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194706. 3.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17508012&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA065%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17509632&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA065%20photos-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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