- Date
- May 3, 1992, 10:39 local (14:39 UTC)
- Place
- Millis, MA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2061LBeech 24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920503013029A
- Case key
- 11778
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain adequate flying speed during takeoff climb which resulted in a stall and inflight collision with the terrain. Contributing was a downwind takeoff.
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
During the approach to the airport the wind sock indicated a west wind so the pilot elected to land on runway 18. On landing rollout, it was necessary to use part of the overrun to get the airplane stopped. He picked up a second passenger and 25 minutes later departed on the second leg of his trip. This time he used runway 36. Witnesses stated the wind was out of the southwest at 10 to 15 knots and switched to due south during the takeoff roll. On takeoff, the aircraft rotated in a nose high attitude and climbed to about 200 feet where it started to settle and wobble side to side. The aircraft descended through a line of trees and crashed in the back yard of a private residence one-quarter mile from the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2061L
- Reported as
- Beech 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC 439
- Airframe hours
- 2,739
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen G. Turcott
- Registered owner
- Stephen G. Turcott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 27, 1992 · 39 hours before
- Destination
- PSM · Portsmouth, ME
- Airport
- MA07 · Norfolk, runway 36, 2,700 × 40 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 565 total · 100 in this make and model · 422 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OWD, 10 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.