# NTSB ATL86FA160: Beech D45(T34B), N544E, Rome, GA, June 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1986, 12:42 local (16:42 UTC)
- Place: Rome, GA
- Coordinates: 34.239509, -85.169311 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2395&lon=-85.1693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6947
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6947/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA160

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF, A RAIN SHOWER WAS OBSERVED APPROACHING THE ARPT. THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF. RPRTDLY, AFTER LIFT-OFF. SHE INITIATED A CLIMB AT 70 KTS & RAISED THE FLAPS. THE PLT REPORTED BEGINNING A SHALLOW TURN AT APRX 200 FT AGL. SHE STATED THAT WITHOUT ANY INPUT, THE GENTLE BANK BECAME STEEPER. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT HAD LEVELED OFF, THEN NOSED UP AGAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT CONTD TO THE RIGHT ABOUT 70 DEG, STALLED & CRASHED INTO TREES. THE BACK SEAT OCCUPANT STATED THAT THE STALL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING THE THE OCCURRENCE. ACCORDING TO THE FLT MANUAL, THE ACFT SHOULD BE ACCELERATED TO 100 KTS PRIOR TO RETRACTING THE FLAPS AFTER OBSTACLE CLEARANCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N544E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N544E-1991-04-17), registration cancelled 1991-04-17, S/N BG281 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D45(T34B)
- Registry model: [Beech T-34B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (registry code 1152014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BG-281
- Airframe hours: 10298
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-4-3 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Nas Atlanta Flying Club
- Registered owner: U.S. Navy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 17, 1986, 89 hours before
- Destination: FTY, ATLANTA, GA
- Airport: RMG, Russell, runway 36, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 844 total, 36 in this make and model, 631 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CHA, 41 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860608022109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860608022109A), Jun 8, 1986: Beech T34B, Rome, GA, Destroyed. Pilot retracted flaps early and stalled aircraft into the ground. Density altitude was high.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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