- Date
- October 9, 1971
- Place
- Northfield, OH · NORTHFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5989SBeech A23-19
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164088
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4310 71/10/9 NORTHFIELD,OHIO BEECH A23-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N5989S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTHFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTHFIELD,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF ON WET SOFT RWY,GAINED 3FT OF ALT,ABRTD,RAN OFF END OF RWY,HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5989S
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Northfield
N5989SRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Beech A23-19Airframe modelBeech A23-19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
Other investigations on N5989S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.