- Date
- March 2, 1992, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N155BBBeech 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920302004819A
- Case key
- 18201
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
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
During a training flight for the single engine rated pilot, the CFI gave the student a simulated engine failure during the takeoff roll by retarding power on the right engine. Following the student's correct response of reducing power on the left engine, power was restored to both engines and the takeoff roll was re-initiated. Directional control was lost and the airplane departed the right side of the runway and collided with a pile of rocks. The nose and right main landing gear were sheared.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155BB
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-841
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Klodnicki, David T.
- Registered owner
- Klodnicki, David T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1991 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- FNL · Fort Collins, CO
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- 2V2 · Vance Brand, runway 11, 4,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 658 total · 360 in this make and model · 551 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.