- Date
- June 5, 1989, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Milan, MI
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5011CBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890605014349A
- Case key
- 14362
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive rotation, which resulted in an inadvertent mushed stall and collision with trees.
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 pilot attempted takeoff from a soggy sod runway, overrotated, and dragged the tiedown loop on the surface several times. When airborne, the airplane gained only 20 feet and subsequently struck a tree off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5011C
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2273
- Airframe hours
- 3,841
- Engine
- Continental E-185, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith Simecek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1989 · 64 hours before
- Destination
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 5D7 · Milan
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 257 total · 86 in this make and model · 182 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARB, 10 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.