- Date
- April 21, 1987, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N413SBeech D55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870421010639A
- Case key
- 22241
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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.
Analysis
The left engine lost power at rotation but, due to the short runway (2500-SOD), the pilot elected to continue the takeoff. He switched the left fuel selector, placed the boost pump switch in the 'high' position and retracted the landing gear and flaps but did not feather the left propeller. The airspeed deteriorated to about 85 mph. The pilot attempted to land on a small perpendicular oriented roadway but was too low and slow for landing alignment. He therefore reduced power on the right engine and landed in the marsh. Post accident examinatioin revealed the left main fuel strainer bowl was loose enough to allow introduction on air into the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N413S
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE657
- Airframe hours
- 3,970
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Industrial Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Industrial Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1R5 · Cameron, LA
- Destination
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
- Airport
- 1R5 · Cameron
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,662 total · 500 in this make and model · 17,220 as pilot in command · 297 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N413S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.