- Date
- June 9, 2002, 19:40 local (Jun 10, 2002, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N352GFBeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20020609038069A
- Case key
- 54914
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during takeoff when he encountered a stall after failing to maintain airspeed.
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 airplane was substantially damaged when it stalled on takeoff from the runway (1,740 feet by 65 feet, turf). The pilot stated, "After short distance lifted nose wheel off ground, aircraft became airborne. After short height gain right wing droped. Full left rudder and left aileron would not bring aircraft back." The right wing then contacted the ground half way down the runway. No anomalies with respect to the airframe, powerplant, or systems were determined to have existed prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On June 9, 2002, at 1940 central daylight time, a Beech B35, N352GF, piloted by a private pilot was substantially damaged when the right wing of the airplane contacted the runway during takeoff from runway 18 (1,740 feet by 65 feet, turf), at the Lakewood Country Club Airport (6M5), Lakewood, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was en route to the Burlington Municipal Airport (BUU), Burlington, Wisconsin.
The pilot stated in a written statement, "Released brakes and applied full power. After short distance lifted nose wheel off ground, aircraft became airborne. After short height gain right wing droped. Full left rudder and left aileron would not bring aircraft back. Shortly after I veered right and right wing tip struck ground, then nose wheel and prop and spun me around 360 [degrees] to right."
No anomalies with respect to the airframe, powerplant, or systems were determined to have existed prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N352GF
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-625
- Airframe hours
- 5,446
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Hughes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 2002
- Departed
- 6M5 · Lakewood, WI
- Destination
- C52 · Burlington, WI
- Airport
- 6M5 · Lakewood Country Club, runway 18, 1,740 × 65 ft, grass/turf
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
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- August 15, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 238 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 50 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 14, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 315 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.