- Date
- January 31, 1995, 15:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6635CBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950131003529A
- Case key
- 29018
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Probable cause
the student pilot's poor short field takeoff procedure and excessive nose rotation resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor is the student pilot's lack of total experience.
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 full-stop landings and takeoffs. On the fourth takeoff, the student pilot executed a short field takeoff. Shortly after lift-off, the stall warning horn sounded and the airplane stalled. The airplane struck the ground in a nose- and left wing-down attitude. The wreckage examination disclosed no evidence of any preexisting malfunctions or failures.
Factual narrative
On January 31, 1995, at 1510 hours mountain standard time, a Beech F33A, N6635C, lost control and crashed shortly after lifting off runway 6L at Ryan Field, Tucson, Arizona. The pilot was conducting a local visual flight rules solo instructional flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by Air Transport Training International, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, sustained substantial damage. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Ryan Field at 1320 hours.
The operator told National Transportation Safety Board investigators in a telephone interview conducted on February 2, 1995, that the student pilot had flown to the practice area before returning to Ryan Field. The pilot returned to the airport and executed five full-stop landings and takeoffs.
On the last takeoff, the student pilot was executing a short field departure. The operator said the student pilot "overrotated" and the airplane stalled shortly after becoming airborne. The airplane initially struck the ground in a nose- and left wing-down attitude.
The pilot said in the aircraft accident report that he initially flew to the practice area. After practicing some maneuvers, he returned to Ryan Field and made three full-stop landings. On the fourth takeoff, he executed a short field takeoff. Shortly after raising the airplane nose, the stall warning horn sounded; one second later, the airplane struck the ground. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6635C
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-1028
- Airframe hours
- 11,955
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB18V, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Transport Training Int'L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 17, 1995 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- RYN · Ryan Field, runway 6L, 4,900 × 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
- Certificates
- Foreign, Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.