- Date
- May 1, 2011, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hammonton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3594RBeech A23
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110501012169A
- Case key
- 79008
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, his original intent was to start, run-up, and then taxi his airplane on the day of the accident. At the completion of the run-up, the pilot taxied the airplane onto the active runway for a "fast taxi" and applied full engine power. The airplane achieved takeoff speed, the pilot pulled back on the control yoke, and the airplane lifted from the runway. The pilot then aborted the takeoff and lost directional control as the airplane touched down on the runway. The airplane impacted a fence, resulting in substantial damage to the wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot/owner, his original intent was to start, run-up, and then taxi his airplane on the day of the accident. At the completion of the run-up, the pilot taxied the airplane onto the active runway for a "fast taxi" and applied full engine power. The airplane achieved takeoff speed, the pilot "pulled back on the yoke" and the airplane lifted from the runway. The pilot stated that he aborted the takeoff, touched down, lost directional control, and collided with a hill and a fence. He reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with his airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3594R
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-783
- Airframe hours
- 2,343
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-346 SERIES, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Green Russell E Sr
- Registered owner
- Green Russell E Sr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2010
- Departed
- N81 · Hammonton, NJ
- Destination
- N81 · Hammonton, NJ
- Airport
- N81 · Hammonton Municipal Airport, runway 03, 3,601 × 75 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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- September 30, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 140 in this make and model · 0 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 15 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 17, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 393 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.