- Date
- July 24, 1982, 06:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sylva, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6648XBeech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724034259A
- Case key
- 72774
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft crashed during takeoff after the pilot reported a loss of power on the left engine. The aircraft slid to a stop about 600 feet southeast of the departure end of runway 32. The pilots statement and physical evidence do not correlate. The prop marks on the runway and the scratches on the fuselage indicate both engines were working and that the problem was premature retraction of the landing gear allowing the aircraft to settle and strike the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6648X
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-504
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-541E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack M. Hennessee Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jack M. Hennessee Inc.
- Departed
- Sylva, NC
- Destination
- Morehead City, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Jackson County, runway 32, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,264 total · 440 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.