- Date
- July 3, 1990, 16:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5852JBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900703029289A
- Case key
- 26858
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to detect an incorrect rudder trim adjustment, his failure to follow the prescribed pre-takeoff instructions that call for the trim to be adjusted. The collision with the fence and the incorrect rudder trim adjustment were factors in the accident.
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
After conduction his walk around preflight check, the pilot and his two passengers enplaned for a maintenance test flight. The rudder trim was trimmed to a left 22 degree position. The aircraft accelerated to 95 mph and as the pilot applied back control pressure for lift off he felt a loss of power and attempted to abort the take off. The aircaft continued the ground roll until it impacted a fence and careened across a street before coming to a stop in an upright attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5852J
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-1
- Engine
- Continental IO520C/CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- FUL
- Destination
- FUL
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton, runway 24, 3,121 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 19 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.