- Date
- May 8, 1987, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Coalinca, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7872RBeech A65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870508079639A
- Case key
- 25586
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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.
Overrun
Flight control surfaces/attachments - lockedCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Flight control,gust lock - not removedCause
Lift-off - not possibleCause
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
The pilot attempted to takeoff from the 2,820 foot runway with a makeshift flight control gust lock in place. He was unable to liftoff with the controls locked and the nose gear collapsed when the aircraft overran the runway onto the rough/uneven terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7872R
- Reported as
- Beech A65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC327
- Airframe hours
- 2,033
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Howe, Edwin H.
- Registered owner
- Westlake Farms, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1987 · 19 hours before
- Destination
- 1Q3 · Stratford, CA
- Airport
- 308 · Harris Ranch, runway 32, 2,820 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,510 total · 1,420 in this make and model · 7,510 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NLC, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.