- Date
- June 21, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dekalb, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9873RBeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920621021649A
- Case key
- 15478
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use proper nose wheel steering which resulted in a loss of directional control.
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
Shortly after initiating the takeoff roll, a loss of directional control was experienced. The airplane veered to the left of the runway. The pilot attempted remedial action; however, the airplane continued off the runway into a marshy area where the nose gear collapsed. Post accident inspection failed to reveal any mechanical failure/malfunction of the steering and braking systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9873R
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D6426
- Airframe hours
- 3,716
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles W. Sheradon
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Sheradon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 24, 1991 · 687 hours before
- Departed
- DKB
- Destination
- DKB
- Airport
- DKB · Taylor Municipal, runway 9, 4,200 × 50 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 103 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 35,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 14 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.