# NTSB CHI89LA103: Beech 35, N5011C, Milan, MI, June 5, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1989, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Milan, MI
- Coordinates: 42.080436, -83.679855 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0804&lon=-83.6799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 26, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14362
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14362/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA103

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE ROTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT MUSHED STALL AND COLLISION WITH TREES.

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, takeoff
  - terrain condition - soft
  - rotation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - object - tree(s)
  - altitude - not attained

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5011C), registered now, S/N D-2273, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- 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: D2273
- Airframe hours: 3841
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890605014349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890605014349A), Jun 5, 1989: Beech B35, Milan, MI, Destroyed. Over rotated during takeoff run. Hit tail. Porpoised,lifted,turned left into tree and crashed inverted.

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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