# NTSB FTW82FA152: Beech B23, N6502T, Roanoke, TX, April 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1982, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Coordinates: 33.000152, -97.229248 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0002&lon=-97.2292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72399
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72399/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA152

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuselage,seat - not engaged (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - improper, dual student (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - pull-up - inadvertent, dual student (cause)
  - relinquishing of control - delayed, dual student (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not possible, pilot in command(cfi)
  - stall/spin - uncontrolled (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO TAKEOFF AND CLIMB NORMALLY UNTIL IT REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FT AGL. IT THEN PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY TO ABOUT A 70 DEG NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. AFTER THE PITCH-UP, THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 175 TO 200 FT AGL, STALLED, ROTATED ABOUT THE LEFT WING TIP AND ENTERED A SPIN. THE PLANE ROTATED ABOUT 270 DEG BEFORE CRASHING. NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURES OF THE ENGINE OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE FOUND. TWO METALLURGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF THE SEAT TRACKS AND SEAT LOCKING MECHANISMS WERE MADE. REPORTS OF THESE EXAMINATIONS CONCLUDED THAT THE LEFT (STUDENT PILOT'S) SEAT WAS NOT IN A FIXED POSITION DURING IMPACT. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT IT HAD TRAVELED TO AN EXTREME AFT POSITION BEFORE THE PLANE CRASH. THE LEFT SEAT LOCKING MECHANISM OPERATED NORMALLY WHEN CHECKED AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6502T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6502T-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N M-1139, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M1139
- Airframe hours: 1834
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A2C 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Gregg K. Young, Etal
- Registered owner: Gregg K. Young, Etal
- Departed: 52F, ROANOKE, TX
- Destination: 52F, ROANOKE, TX
- Airport: 52F, Aero Valley, runway 17, 3,500 × 40 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,055 total, 3 in this make and model, 815 as pilot in command, 113 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 172 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820427011999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820427011999A), Apr 27, 1982: Beech 23BEECH, Roanoke, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft pitch up stall and spin occurred at 100 feet AGL on takeoff. Evidence that students seat not locked.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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