- Date
- February 14, 1991, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9146SBeech C23
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910214003889A
- Case key
- 8374
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning in that he disregarded the crosswind limit in the pilot's operating handbook. Factors were the wet runway and the ravine at the end of the runway.
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 the wind shifted from a headwind to a tailwind. One wing dipped & the airplane descended back into ground effect. There were trees at the end of the runway so, he elected to abort. The grass/dirt runway was wet. A ground loop was attempted but acft continued in a straight line, sideways. It was realigned with the runway, rolled off the end into a stream, & nosed over. A cold front had passed & winds were strong & gusty. The pilot reported the winds but failed to note the crosswind limits in the pilot's handbook.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9146S
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1769
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dawson, John M.
- Airport
- 4NC8 · Goodnight Field, runway 33, 2,400 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 356 total · 77 in this make and model · 246 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CLT, 20 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.