- Date
- November 12, 1986, 17:55 local (Nov 13, 1986, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8386NBeech D55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861112055989A
- Case key
- 25356
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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
Witnesses stated that the aircraft started the takeoff roll, became airborne at about 1000 feet down the runway, climbed to an altitude of about 50 feet, rolled to the left and crashed inverted onto a parallel taxiway at about mid field. There was no fire. Exam of wreckage revealed that the fuel sel for rt eng was on rt main while sel for lt eng was on aux fuel tk. Op manual states they should both be on mains for tkof. Lt props were fd nearly straight while rt props were found bent rearward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8386N
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-555
- Airframe hours
- 3,216
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C2B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vincent J. Flynn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1986 · 71 hours before
- Destination
- O08 · Colusa, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore, runway 7, 4,000 × 100 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,425 total · 256 in this make and model · 52 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.