- Date
- October 7, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Elgin, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6851QBeech S35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831007054159A
- Case key
- 24050
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While taking off from a dirt, ranch strip, the plt elected to use tracks that were worn in the vegetation beside the strip. He believed that these tracks had been formed by other acft & thought the takeoff would be smoother if he used them. However, the tracks were from tractor & pickup truck traffic & were not intended for use as a rwy. During the takeoff roll, the acft drifted off the edge of the tracts & the left gear hit a hidden rock. The acft then veered about 45 deg further left & the left wing hit a small tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6851Q
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7500
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marlyn Augustine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- Brophy Ranch, runway 21, 2,500 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.