- Date
- May 12, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ada, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7330RBeech B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880512014669A
- Case key
- 22639
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said all pre-flt prep were normal including an eng run-up. The takeoff was being made with light winds. After rolling about 300 ft the acft began a swerve to the rt which the plt perceived was associated with a loss of pwr on the rt eng. The plt initiated an abort and began heavy braking. The acft continued in a rt swerve and departed the rt side of the rwy. The field adjacent to the rwy was plowed and was rough and uneven. When the nose wheel encountered a 12 in deep furrow the nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. FAA examined the wreckage and could not find any evidence to explain the reported loss of pwr. The inspector said locked brake skid marks were found on the rwy which could be associated with the main gear of the acdt acft. He said the skid marks began opposite each other and led to the final resting place of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7330R
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1788
- Airframe hours
- 1,767
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry, Jack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1988
- Departed
- ADH
- Destination
- SWO · Stillwater, OK
- Airport
- ADH · Ada Municipal, runway 17, 5,000 × 100 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,704 total · 491 in this make and model · 1,686 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM, 36 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.