- Date
- September 6, 1982, 13:23 local (18:23 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45BWBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820906043919A
- Case key
- 70724
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Aircraft weight and balance - improperCause
Aborted takeoff - not performedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The plt stated the stall warning sounded every time he tried to climb & the acft settled into trees. The acft was 7 lbs over max gross weight requiring 2,369 ft to clear a 50 ft obstacle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45BW
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1664
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John H. Helms
- Registered owner
- John H. Helms
- Departed
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- Birmingham, AL
- Airport
- F70 · Mangham Field, runway 17, 2,500 × 30 ft, macadam
N45BWRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 54 in this make and model · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 198 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 10 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.