# NTSB CEN22LA364: Beechcraft 35, N3260V, Star City, AR, July 30, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 30, 2022, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Star City, AR - Coordinates: 33.925173, -91.860714 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9252&lon=-91.8607&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 105679 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA364 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105679/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105679 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA364 ## Probable cause The pilot’s delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 35, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1151502), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 35, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=1151502), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Terrain: sloped/uneven terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017/cases.md?model=1151502), [All aircraft, 270 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 35, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151502), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was taking off from a short field when he realized the airplane was not achieving enough speed for takeoff. About two-thirds down the runway he aborted the takeoff. The airplane continued off the end of the runway, struck a ditch, and nosed over coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3260V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3260V-2023-05-24), registration cancelled 2023-05-24, S/N D-707, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beechcraft 35 - Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: D707 - Year built: 1947 - Airframe hours: 7104 - Engines: Continental E-185 185 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2022 - Airport: 55M, Star City Muni, runway 36, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 30, 2021; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 896 total, 32 in this make and model, 824 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: KPBF, 15 nm away - METAR: KPBF 301953Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM FEW037 32/24 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND SW SLP172 T03170244 $ ## 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 20220730013639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220730013639A), Jul 30, 2022: Beech 35, Star City, AR, Substantial damage. On July 30, 2022, at 1450 CST, a Beech 35 [privacy data omitted], aborted take off on runway 36 at Star City Municipal Airport (55M) and overran the runway… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 1, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105679. 5.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14323535&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=T.%20Cahoon%206120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Report photographs (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14323177&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20Accident%20Report%20CEN22LA364%20N3260V-Rel.pdf 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. 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