- Date
- June 8, 1998, 10:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6370LSaab-Scania 91B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980608025749A
- Case key
- 30116
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during an aborted takeoff, which resulted in a ground loop. A factor is the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat during takeoff.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that on the takeoff roll the engine didn't seem to be producing full power. He aborted the takeoff and ground looped the aircraft. The right main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest upright off the edge of the runway. The pilot reported that he later realized that he had the carburetor heat on at the time of takeoff.
Factual narrative
On June 8, 1998, at 1055 hours Pacific daylight time, a Saab 91B, N6370L, went off the end of the runway during an aborted takeoff at the Benton Field Airport, Redding, California. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the commercial pilot and passenger, the sole occupants, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that on the takeoff roll, he didn't feel as if the engine was producing full power. He applied the brakes in an attempt to abort the takeoff and subsequently ground looped the aircraft. The right main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest upright off the edge of the runway.
The pilot reported to the Safety Board that he later realized that he had the carburetor heat on at the time of takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6370L
- Reported as
- Saab-Scania 91B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 91266
- Airframe hours
- 4,422
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lars Ljungquist
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 085
- Destination
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Airport
- 085 · Benton Field, runway 33, 2,420 × 80 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,806 total · 27 in this make and model · 1,806 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.