- Date
- June 25, 1993, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Virgil, IL
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N314RBeech E35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930625020559A
- Case key
- 15750
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to abort 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
The pilot commenced takeoff from a sod strip, wet from recent rain. The pilot described acceleration to midfield as 5 mph slower than normal. Beyond midfield, the airplane encountered soft ground and stopped accelerating. The airplane lifted off just before scrub trees beyond runway end. The airplane clipped the trees 20 feet above ground and fell to ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N314R
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3794
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Newhouse Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Newhouse Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1992 · 127 hours before
- Departed
- 36IL
- Destination
- AZO · Kalamazoo, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 36IL · Aeroview Airport, runway 18, 2,000 × 110 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 12 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.