- Date
- June 14, 1986, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2756BAero Commander 560A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860614027489A
- Case key
- 11231
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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 acft overran the end of the rwy and struck an embankment during an aborted takeoff. The plt reported that shortly after takeoff, the acft settled back on the rwy. He reduced the engine power to idle, raised the flaps and attempted to stop the acft to no avail. The plt speculated that the passenger in the right front seat may have unintentionally lowered the flaps to the full down position by hitting the flap handle with his left knee. Post accident testing revealed that this scenario was possible.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2756B
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 560A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 426
- Airframe hours
- 3,295
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-D1A, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James William Pfisterer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986 · 38 hours before
- Airport
- Easton Muni, runway 4, 4,000 × 50 ft
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,780 total · 800 in this make and model · 41 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.