- Date
- May 24, 1989, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6760CBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890524012759A
- Case key
- 22867
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Probable cause
Failure to attain liftoff speed and the pilot in command's failure to abort the takeoff.
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
Performance data - not used
Airspeed(vlof) - not maintainedCause
Abort - not performedCause
Climb - not attainedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - roadway/highwayFactor
Object - fenceFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6760C
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA 134
- Airframe hours
- 1,105
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- L.L.Pownell
- Registered owner
- L. Dale Powhell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- TDW
- Destination
- F56 · Stamford, TX
- Airport
- TDW · Tradewind, runway 23, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,149 total · 50 in this make and model · 10,379 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 245° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.