- Date
- April 6, 1991, 13:08 local (20:08 UTC)
- Place
- Salida, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4595SBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 18081
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Probable cause
The dual student's poor takeoff technique, his failure to maintain directional control, and inadequate supervision by the PIC CFI. A factor was: the dual student's lack of experience in mountain flying.
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 rated student pilot was receiving a mountain flying checkout from the pic/flight instructor. Takeoff was made from a 7200 ft. runway into a 15 knot headwind. Ten degrees of flaps were used and the density altitude was 10,089 feet MSL. The airplane climbed to approximately 15 feet AGL, then the airspeed began to decay and the stall warning horn sounded. The flight instructor applied forward control yoke pressure and called for gear retraction. The pilot receiving instruction did not feel this was prudent. Instead, he retracted the flaps and aborted the takeoff. The airplane touched down in a field left of centerline, went through a barbed wire fence, and collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4595S
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-752
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter R. Campbell
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 0V2 · Harriet Alexander Field, runway 24, 7,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 750 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg