- Date
- September 6, 1986, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2030CBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860906046899A
- Case key
- 7182
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructional flt had been in the air for about 45 min when the instructor told the plt to return to the arpt and land. Upon entering the traffic pattern the plt was told to make a touch and go landing. He completed two of these maneuvers and was attempting the third takeoff when there was a reported loss of power on the left eng. The acft was airborne at the time and turned left. The instructor got on the controls and turned back to the rwy heading which put them over a sod strip parallel to the original rwy. He raised the landing gear and the acft started a slow climb then started settling toward the ground. He saw the obstructions ahead and moved the throttle and prop levers aft. During the attempted off airport landing the left wing contacted the ground and the acft cartwheeled. Neither of the pilots feathered the eng which produced the power differential. Cause of the reported power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2030C
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-196
- Airframe hours
- 5,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1C, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Williams Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986 · 75 hours before
- Airport
- M91 · Springfield, runway 3, 3,700 × 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,650 total · 75 in this make and model · 6,220 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N2030C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.