# NTSB MIA83FA074: Rockwell 690A, N81416, Winter Haven, FL, February 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1983, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Coordinates: 27.979261, -81.779594 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9793&lon=-81.7796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30767
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30767/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA074

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - powerplant controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A DITCH OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY AND BURST INTO FLAMES DURING TAKEOFF. WITNESSES SAID THE ACFT DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT WAS DEVELOPING NORMAL RPM FOR TAKEOFF. ONE MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINES SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE STILL IN GROUND IDLE POSITION. THE SURVIVING PASSENGER SAID THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SPEED TO TAKEOFF BUT HE DID NOT SUSPECT ANY ENGINE PROBLEMS. ANOTHER GROUND WITNESS SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PROPELLERS WERE IN VERY HIGH OR CRUISE PITCH. AFTER THE ACCIDENT BOTH PROPELLERS WERE AT OR NEAR THE FEATHER POSITION. TOXICOLOGY STUDIES ON THE PILOT SHOWED HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.22%. HE ALSO HAD CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81416](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81416-1983-11-23), registration cancelled 1983-11-23, S/N 11306 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell 690A
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 690A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a) (registry code 7630515) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11306
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE331-5-251K 718 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles D. Howell
- Registered owner: Allen N. Trask
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: MACA, ARUBA,N.ANTILLE
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: GIF, Gilbert, runway 4, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 11,450 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL, 14 nm away

## 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 19830213003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830213003519A), Feb 13, 1983: Gulstm 690B, Winter Haven, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft did not accelerate to takeoff speed and ran off end of runway into a ditch and burned.

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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