- Date
- July 22, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sayre, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N771RBBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880722027769A
- Case key
- 22665
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that shortly after takeoff, at 200 feet AGL, the engine quit. He tried to land on the remaining runway but the airplane went off left side, then through a ditch. No problems could be found to cause the loss of engine power. The engine was later run in a test cell with an FAA inspector monitoring. With the exception of an RPM drop due to damage of an ignition lead, the engine run was normal. The pilot reported that the crosswind caused him to go off the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N771RB
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8070
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Irvin D. Pense
- Registered owner
- Pense, Irwin D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- OK23
- Destination
- RVS · Jenks, OK
- Airport
- OK23 · Sayre Municipal, runway 17, 4,280 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.