- Date
- May 29, 2010, 13:23 local (18:23 UTC)
- Place
- Jefferson, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46857Aeronca 0-58B
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20100529043449A
- Case key
- 76201
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane on during initial climb.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot departed a 3,200-foot-long runway on a hot day in his 65-horsepower single-engine airplane. When he reached an altitude of 150 feet and an airspeed of 55 knots, the pilot made a left-hand turn so that he could clear the area for the other aircraft waiting to back-taxi/depart. While in the turn, the airspeed decreased and the pilot was unable to maintain altitude. The airplane collided with trees south of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical discrepancies with the airplane or the engine and that he should have continued straight out on departure rather than turning.
Factual narrative
The commercial pilot departed a 3,200 foot-long runway on a hot day in his 65 horsepower rated single-engine airplane. When he reached an altitude of 150 feet and an airspeed of 55 knots, the pilot made a left hand turn so he could clear the area for the other aircraft waiting to back-taxi/depart. While in the turn, the airspeed decreased and the pilot was unable to maintain altitude. The airplane collided with trees south of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical discrepancies with the airplane or the engine, and he should have continued straight out on departure versus turning.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46857
- Reported as
- Aeronca 0-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 058B8493
- Engine
- Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillips Arnold D
- Registered owner
- Phillips Arnold D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 24F · Jefferson, TX
- Destination
- Gladewater, TX
- Airport
- 24F · Cypress River, runway 05
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 2,511 total · 80 in this make and model · 2,380 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 30, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 588 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.