- Date
- June 23, 1990, 21:00 local (Jun 24, 1990, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wheatland, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2310JBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900623023799A
- Case key
- 17956
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Probable cause
Permature liftoff.
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 private pilot attempted takeoff from a gravel strip with calm winds, and a density altitude calculated to be 8,000 feet. He reported lifting off early, drifting to the left, and applying right rudder. The plane settled back on the strip with the nose wheel turned to the right, the pilot said the plane turned right abruptly, departed the runway, struck a fence and came to rest nose down, with wing and empennage damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2310J
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M261
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mike Koogle
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- 01V · Aurora, CO
- Airport
- NONE · Two Bar Ranch, runway 35, 4,880 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 29 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.