- Date
- June 11, 1986, 08:14 local (12:14 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7989DBeech H35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860611061469I
- Case key
- 7018
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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
During takeoff ground run the aircraft would not develop full power according to the pilot. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff and during the aborted takeoff the aircraft ran off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7989D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5243
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Margery R. Brantley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Destination
- 55J · Fernandina Bch, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BHM · Birmingham Municipal, runway 18, 4,856 × 150 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,801 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 6,589 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 1 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.
Other investigations on N7989D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.