# NTSB CHI84LA023: Beech B35, N8719A, Northfield, OH, October 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Northfield, OH
- Location: 41.3389° N, 81.5268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3389&lon=-81.5268&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12480/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA023

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper climb rate - not possible
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. ACCORDING TO THE ARPT MANAGER, THE ACFT WAS ROTATED PREMATURELY DURING THE TAKEOFF & THE PLT FLEW THE ACFT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE POWER CURVE UNTIL TREE IMPACT. REPORTEDLY, THERE WAS NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE WEST. AT CLEVELAND, THE 1351 EDT WIND WAS FROM 210 DEG AT 9 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8719A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8719A-2012-11-14), registration cancelled 2012-11-14, S/N D-2246, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D2246
- Airframe hours: 3767
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-186-11 205 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sam G. Graham
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 28, 1983
- Airport: OH20, Northfield, runway 35, 2,490 × 65 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 287 total, 40 in this make and model, 230 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831016054839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831016054839A), Oct 16, 1983: Beech 35BEECH, Northfield, OH, Substantial damage. Took off downwind and struck trees on the climbout. Pilot not checked out in the complex aircraft.

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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