- Date
- October 29, 1985, 06:45 local (10:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hope, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6753XBeech BE77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19851029054409A
- Case key
- 4756
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Engine assembly - undetermined
Planning/decision - poorCause
Judgment - poorCause
Light condition - nightFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft struck trees and crashed during a night takeoff from a gravel strip. The plt suspected an partial pwr loss, but incomplete information precluded a thorough investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6753X
- Reported as
- Beech BE77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA 102
- Airframe hours
- 550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-62C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur J. Vathke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- 5HO · Hope, runway 34, 2,000 × 50 ft, gravel
N6753XRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Beech 77Airframe modelBeech 77Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 560 total · 481 in this make and model · 530 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.