- Date
- January 3, 1993, 14:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Bragg, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5774VBeech A23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930103000029A
- Case key
- 8683
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the loss of control during the forced landing.
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 flight departed runway 27 at simmons army airfield. Immediately after departure, the pilot requested an immediate return to the airport. Witnesses reported that at about 300 feet above ground level, the engine sounded as if it had lost power. The aircraft entered a 90 degree right bank and impacted the terrain on a heading of approximately 30 degrees. The post crash fire consumed most of the aircraft fuselage and engine area. There was evidence of extreme heat and fire damage to the engine accessory area. There was continuity of the engine drive train. The propeller did not show evidence of chordwise scratching nor twisting toward low pitch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5774V
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-28
- Airframe hours
- 2,549
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown, Vicki Y.
- Registered owner
- Donahue, Denice A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 16, 1992 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- FBG
- Destination
- FBG
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FBG · Simmons Army Airfield, runway 27, 3,600 × 100 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 351 total · 5 in this make and model · 247 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FBG, 1 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.