- Date
- February 2, 1991, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Advance, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N74LEBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910202002439A
- Case key
- 8372
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Probable cause
The pilot's diverted attention and failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff. A factor was the malfunctioning magneto which resulted in the engine sputter.
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
The pilot reported that during takeoff there was a partial loss of engine power. He was distracted while turning on the fuel boost pump. During that distraction the airplane drifted left & collided with a berm adjacent to the runway. He stated that the engine surged & was developing full power when the collision occurred. Subsequent examination of the engine revealed one magneto condenser had malfunctioned which resulted in an inconsistent spark & sputtering of the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74LE
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9679
- Engine
- Continental IO-520BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eubanks, James W
- Registered owner
- Salem Aviation, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1990 · 34 hours before
- Destination
- 35A · Union, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GNC8 · Airpark, runway 6, 2,600 × 70 ft, dirt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,816 total · 1,200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 23 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.