- Date
- August 15, 1990, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Joliet, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8699MBeech P-35 Bonanza
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900815033089A
- Case key
- 14754
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Probable cause
The delay in initiating the aborted takeoff.
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
Door opened during takeoff roll. Pilot pulled throttle and applied brakes to abort. Pilot reapplied throttle to continue takeoff and then assessed speed as to slow. Second abort attempt overran runway, crossed road and struck mailboxes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8699M
- Reported as
- Beech P-35 Bonanza (P-35 BONAN)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7285
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Searcy Flying Club, Inc.
- Airport
- JOT · Joliet Municipal, runway 30, 2,970 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,301 total · 444 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 20 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.