- Date
- April 29, 1990, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Denison, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4442KRyan Navion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900429012979A
- Case key
- 23128
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Probable cause
Pilot's attempted takeoff with conditions in excess of the airplane's performance capabilities. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude and the uphill runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The day was hot and humid. Field elevation was 705 feet. Density altitude was 2,700 feet. There was a light wind from the north, and the pilot elected to take off uphill, to the north. The grass runway had previously had several days of heavy rain, but the weather had been clear for the past several days. The pilot said he lifted off early but control was mushy so he put the nose down, and the airplane touched down on the runway. Pilot kept the nose down to accelerate enough to get over the trees. Pilot lifted the airplane off at the last moment, but the right wing hit a tree. The airplane rotated 180 degrees to the right and entered the wooded area tail first. Impact trees were 200 feet past the end of the 2,000 foot runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4442K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1442
- Airframe hours
- 4,321
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Taylor, David B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- TX12
- Destination
- F67 · Arlington, TX
- Airport
- TX12 · Kidd-Private, runway 36, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,181 total · 841 in this make and model · 1,131 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- F39, 8 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.
Other investigations on N4442K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.