- Date
- June 17, 1992, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4567SBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920617020769A
- Case key
- 18152
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Probable cause
Aircraft climb performance exceeded. Factors were: aircraft gross weight exceeded, grass runway selected, takeoff flaps not used, and premature rotation.
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 of the over gross weight airplane made his takeoff run on the grass next to a paved runway. Flaps were not used. After liftoff, the pilot tried to keep the airplane in ground effect, but the runway sloped down and the airplane settled. Realizing he would not clear trees ahead, the pilot attempted an emergency landing in a parking lot between an apartment house complex and a church. During the landing roll, the airplane struck a garbage dumpster, crushing the right side of the cabin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4567S
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9805
- Airframe hours
- 1,929
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Snow, Harry D. & Linda J.
- Registered owner
- Snow, Harry D. & Linda J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 7, 1991 · 108 hours before
- Departed
- 1H6
- Destination
- 3M0 · Lakeview, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 1H6 · Harvey Young
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,324 total · 81 in this make and model · 1,160 as pilot in command · 261 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 6 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.