- Date
- October 3, 1983, 13:54 local (17:54 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N700MBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831003052959A
- Case key
- 6360
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After taxiing onto the rwy the plt ran the engs up to takeoff power of 36' mp & began the takeoff roll. Shortly thereafter she reduced power to about 25'-30' mp because the acft appeared to accelerate slowly. After a quick scan of the instruments which revealed nothing unusual, she again pushed forward on the throttle. Another check of the instruments indicated that she was only up to 30'-33' mp, so she pushed the throttles forward more to get 36' mp. By this time the acft started a drift to the right which she was unable to correct. The acft veered off the rwy into trees. The acft was found to have 10 degs of flaps down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700M
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA 246
- Airframe hours
- 7,851
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Mountain Air Cargo
- Registered owner
- Southern National Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 15, 1983
- Destination
- AVP · Scranton, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 66A · Little Mountain Airport, runway 3, 3,200 × 40 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,030 total · 765 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 271 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.