# NTSB MIA80DLD30: Beech B-35, N5004C, Kissimmee, FL, January 19, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1980
- Place: Kissimmee, FL · KISSIMMEE, FL
- Location: 28.3062° N, 81.4135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kissimmee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3062&lon=-81.4135&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131790
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA80DLD30
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD30

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0300  80/1/19    KISSIMMEE,FL        BEECH B-35          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1500
        TIME - 1730                    N5004C              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TROPICAL SKY RNH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KISSIMMEE,FL                CLEARWATER,FL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUDDER PEDAL.VEERED INTO TREE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5004C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5004C-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N D-2266, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Tropical Sky Rnh

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800119000969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800119000969A), Jan 19, 1980: Beech B35, Kissimmee, FL, Destroyed. Wing hit tree on takeoff. Airplane cartwheeled into a lake at end of runway. Stopped inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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