- Date
- July 18, 1982, 16:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4600SBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718030669A
- Case key
- 70868
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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 aircraft dragged a wingtip during an aborted takeoff and swerved off the runway. The density altitude was 8200 feet. The pilot said he could not maintain a climb so he lowered the landing gear to abort the takeoff and lost control of the aircraft. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. No pilot report has been received for this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4600S
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-771
- Engine
- Continental IO-520AB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagles Associates
- Registered owner
- Eagles Associates
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon Arpt, runway 21, 9,000 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °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.