- Date
- April 25, 1982, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N38198Beech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820425000869A
- Case key
- 70797
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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 purpose of the flight was to give dual instruction to the owner/student whose multi-engine rating was limited to centerline thrust models. The student was flying the aircraft on the takeoff roll when the cockpit door became ajar. The aircraft was near lift-off speed and the student intended to continue taking off. The instructor reported that he gave two commands to abort, but they were not heard by the student due to noise coming from the open door. The instructor retarded the throttles to idle power; however, the aircraft became airborne and bounced on the runway before the student reapplied the power and regained control of the aircraft. Thereafter, the student landed from a full circuit approach without further incident. However, the right prop was damaged and wrinkles were found on right wing and fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38198
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC 2387
- Airframe hours
- 45
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Willy Karl Leasing Co.
- Registered owner
- Willy Karl Leasing Co.
- Departed
- GNV · Gainesville, FL
- Destination
- GNV · Gainesville, FL
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville Regional, runway 10, 6,502 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,720 total · 30 in this make and model · 4,528 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.