# NTSB ATL88LA130: Beech A-36, N7243B, Nashville, TN, April 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.109142, -86.870498 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1091&lon=-86.8705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7730
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7730/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted

## Analysis

THE PILOT ABORTED A TAKEOFF AFTER HE FELT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY. THE PILOT HAD FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD WHICH PUT THE AIRCRAFT NEAR ITS GROSS WEIGHT. THE RUNWAY WAS 4300 FEET LONG AND THE PILOT NEEDED ABOUT 1100 FEET OF RUNWAY FOR THE AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION AND PREVAILING WINDS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT DEVELOPED ABOUT 30 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE DURING THE ROLL BUT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE ACFT ROTATED AND THEN BOUNCED BACK ON THE RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED PAST THE OVERRUN AND DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7243B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A-36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 80-2259
- Airframe hours: 382
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-550-B 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Spectrum Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 20, 1988, 64 hours before
- Destination: FT. MEYERS, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BNA, Nashville, runway 20L, 4,300 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 299 total, 3 in this make and model, 183 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point -0 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880402024349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880402024349A), Apr 2, 1988: Beech A36, Nashville, TN, Substantial damage. Pilot mistakenly believed heavily load plane would not climb. Aborted and ran off end of runway. No defects found.

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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