- Date
- July 9, 1993, 20:30 local (Jul 10, 1993, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kahoka, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18RBBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930709027579A
- Case key
- 15760
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff. The soft runway condition was a factor.
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 soft sod strip. The airplane lifted off, then touched down, losing speed. The pilot assessed there was insufficient runway to abort, flew the airplane beyond a road at the end of the runway and settled into a cultivated field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18RB
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-461
- Airframe hours
- 3,309
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA10B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John E. Helbing
- Registered owner
- John E. Helbing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1992 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- MO05
- Airport
- MO05 · Kahoka Municipal, runway 1, 2,650 × 100 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 645 total · 400 in this make and model · 566 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.