- Date
- August 13, 1994, 13:16 local (20:16 UTC)
- Place
- Salinas, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6702YBeech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940813021529A
- Case key
- 28826
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to raise the flaps prior to takeoff, and subsequent loss of directional control. A lack of total experience was a factor.
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 student pilot was practicing landings on his second solo flight. His intention was to make three full stop landings, taxiing back for each takeoff. During preparation for the third solo takeoff the pilot did not raise the flaps. During the takeoff the airplane drifted to the left hit a runway sign and continued into the grassy area beside the runway where the wing was damaged.
Factual narrative
On August 13, 1994, at 1316 Pacific daylight time, a Beech BE-77, N6702Y, collided with a runway sign following a loss of control while taking off on runway 31 at Salinas Airport, Salinas, California. The student pilot, performing supervised solo pattern work, was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
The pilot reported that he forgot to raise the flaps prior to takeoff. He was not able to keep the airplane on the centerline and drifted to the left. The left wing struck the runway length distance marker. He then proceeded across the grass to the taxiway.
The student's flight instructor provided in a written statement that he observed "one of the wings high" while watching the student's takeoff roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6702Y
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA43
- Airframe hours
- 1,751
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Same As Registered Owner
- Registered owner
- Michael Bateman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 25, 1994 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- SNS
- Destination
- SNS · CA
- Airport
- SNS · Salinas, runway 31, 4,825 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
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