- Date
- September 20, 1988, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Winner, SD
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44HVCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880920039549A
- Case key
- 17543
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private plt and 4 pax were attempting takeoff on rwy 13, a 3,900 x 30 ft asphalt rwy. The plt said the acft accelerated to 100 knots but he could not raise the nose for lift off. The plt said he aborted the takeoff and intentionally ground looped to the rt; however, a witness reported that the acft left the rwy at high speed and the engines sounded as if they were at full power. A post accident investigation by an FAA investigator revealed no evidence of pre-accident failure or malfunction. The investigator said that the ground impressions showed no indication of braking and indicated the nose gear collapsed 400 feet beyond the rwy. A short distance farther, the main gear collapsed. The acft came to rest in a ditch, 900 feet after leaving the rwy and slightly right of the extended rwy center line. In a post acc interview concerning the controls possibly being locked the plt stated that the control lock had been missing for 'several weeks.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44HV
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0652
- Airframe hours
- 2,951
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-B, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oltersdorf, Walter
- Registered owner
- Lakeland Litho Plate, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- SD39
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
- Airport
- SD39 · Wiley, runway 13, 3,900 × 30 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,128 total · 700 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.