- Date
- July 22, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pineville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2TYBeech D55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920722026749A
- Case key
- 18536
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Probable cause
The mechanical binding of the yoke after liftoff.
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
The pilot said that during departure from a 3,000 feet runway with a lake at the end of the it, upon reaching liftoff airspeed, the yoke would not come back when he pulled on it. The main wheels then raised off the runway and the pilot elected to continue as there was not enough runway remaining to abort the takeoff. The pilot stated, the airplane flew over the lake, skipping on the surface several times, and impacted onto the opposite shoreline. The FAA inspector and a mechanic confirmed control continuity. The airplane's cockpit panel had received extensive damage and evidence of binding could not be determined. An examination of the airplane's logbook revealed that the yoke assembly had been switched several times over the past few years.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2TY
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-695
- Airframe hours
- 3,772
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Airtaix Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Airtaix Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1992 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 9LA6
- Destination
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.