- Date
- September 27, 1980
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N23988Beech C24R
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800927049779A
- Case key
- 127799
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3122 80/9/27 NR.LAKE WALES,FL BEECH C24R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 157 TIME - 1345 N23988 PX- 2 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALET SUZANNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WALES,FL BOCA RATON,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- STARTED TKOF W 15DEGS OF FLAPS.FLAPS FND AT 5DEGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23988
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chalet Suzanne
N23988Registration cancelled Aug 26, 2011 · Beech C24RAirframe modelBeech C24REngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.