# NTSB BFO86FIG02: Aero Commander 560A, N2756B, Easton, MD, June 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1986, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Easton, MD
- Coordinates: 38.769088, -76.059562 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7691&lon=-76.0596&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11231
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FIG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11231/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FIG02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff
  - proper climb rate - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - control interference - inadvertent, passenger (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - attempted, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, other
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2756B-1989-08-04), registration cancelled 1989-08-04, S/N 426 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 560A
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-a) (registry code 0141404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 426
- Airframe hours: 3295
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860614027489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860614027489A), Jun 14, 1986: Gulstm 560A, Easton, MD, Substantial damage. Settled back onto and ran off runway end on takeoff. Hit an embankment. Passenger moved flap handle down with knee.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.