- Date
- January 29, 1992, 07:33 local (13:33 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4869VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920129001319A
- Case key
- 18348
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Probable cause
The second pilot's (left seat) failure to attain a positive rate-of-climb during an instrument takeoff, and inadequate supervision by the pilot-in-command. Factors were: the weather, and the copilot's lack of instrument flight time and training.
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
According to the right seat pilot-in-command, the left seat non-instrument rated pilot made the IFR takeoff. The airplane settled into trees as the PIC was looking at a chart & putting a VOR into the loran. The PIC was an employee of the left seat pilot. Toxicological test results on the left seat pilot revealed diphenhydramine and phenylpropanolamine (antihistamines) in the urine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4869V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30115
- Airframe hours
- 1,885
- Engine
- Continental IO-540-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Sludge Disposal, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sludge Disposal, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1991 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- VHN · Van Horn, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2EJ · Expressway Airpark, runway 2, 3,350 × 50 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.