- Date
- May 23, 1989, 08:46 local (13:46 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N253LCGlassair III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890523012659A
- Case key
- 7834
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature lift-off which resulted in a stall into trees.
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
Witnesses reported that the turboprop homebuilt lifted off the runway at a slow airspeed and high pitch angle. It then rolled to left and settled into trees. Due to the subtantial p-factor and torque of the turboprop engine, takeoff thrust is normally not applied until sufficient airspeed for rudder effectiveness is attained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N253LC
- Reported as
- Glassair III
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3013
- Engine
- Allison 250-8170, 420 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vernon H. Carter
- Registered owner
- Carter Joint Venture
- Destination
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AUO · Auburn-Opelika, runway 18, 4,950 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 170 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 40,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSG, 21 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.