- Date
- June 17, 1995, 16:07 local (21:07 UTC)
- Place
- Neligh, NE
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7632RBeech B23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950617017389A
- Case key
- 9913
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for takeoff, and his failure to compensate for the tailwind. A factor was the tailwind.
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 reported that prior to departing on runway 30 he observed the windsock indicating winds from about 190 degrees at 15 gusting to 19 knots . He believed he would have 'a left front quartering wind.' He stated that in retrospect 'this was not the case.' He initiated the departure with ten degrees of flaps without using the additional runway available in the displaced threshold. When the airplane became airborne, it veered right. The pilot attempted to accelerate at a low altitude to no avail. He elected to attempt to land the airplane. It impacted the terrain sustaining substantial damage to the forward fuselage, left wing, and empennage. He reported that the engine was running normally throughout the accident sequence.
Factual narrative
On June 17, 1995, at 1607 central daylight time, a Beech B23, N7632R, operated by Wings Over Olivia, Inc., sustained substantial damage during takeoff in Neligh, Nebraska. The private pilot and the sole passenger sustained serious injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was planned to Montevideo, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed.
In his written statement the pilot reported that he observed the windsock indicated winds from about 190 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 19 knkots prior to his attempted departure on runway 30. He believed he would have "a left front quartering wind." He stated that in retrospect "this was not the case."
He initiated the departure with ten degrees of flaps without using the additional runway available in the displaced threshold. When the airplane became airborne, it veered right. The pilot attempted to accelerate at a low altitude to no avail. He elected to attempt to land the airplane. It impacted the terrain sustaining substantial damage to the forward fuselage, left wing, and empennage.
During a personal interview with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the pilot reported that the engine was running normally throughout the accident sequence. Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of preimpact malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7632R
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1253
- Airframe hours
- 3,403
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wings Over Olivia, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1994 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 4V9
- Destination
- MVE · Montevideo, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4V9 · Antelope County, runway 30, 3,300 × 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,297 total · 991 in this make and model · 1,297 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OFK, 15 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.