- Date
- July 23, 1989, 17:01 local (Jul 24, 1989, 00:01 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7454NBeech BE58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890723024789A
- Case key
- 26449
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Probable cause
The pilot improperly leaning the fuel mixture of the left engine and the delay in aborting the takeoff. A contributing factor was the high density altitude conditions.
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 private pilot reported that he was attempting to take off from an airport with a density altitude of approximately 8,600'. He leaned the engines during the takeoff roll, and believes he leaned the left engine excessively. The left engine experienced a loss of power during the takeoff roll and the pilot elected to abort the takeoff. He was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway and ran off the end into rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7454N
- Reported as
- Beech BE58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1123
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Griffin, Gene L.
- Departed
- SEZ
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- SEZ · Sedona, runway 21, 5,142 × 75 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 432 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 10 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.