- Date
- December 1, 1992, 16:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6761EBeech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921201048469A
- Case key
- 15633
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper altitude.
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
Just after liftoff the left cabin door popped open. The pilot stated that due to the wind in the airplane he was unable to look up and out of the windshield. The airplane traveled to the south side of the airport where it contacted tree tops; however, the pilot was able to pull up and keep the airplane flying. The pilot then flew across the airport property to the north where the airplane just cleared a hotel roof prior to contacting a tree and descending to the ground. The airplane came to rest just outside the airport boundary.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6761E
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA113
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Strand
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- MWC
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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWC, 1 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.