- Date
- September 18, 1983, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dog Island, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6024PBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918067079A
- Case key
- 30809
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Analysis
After the plt arrived at the arpt, a person (who later witnessed the accident) drove the plt down the strip to examine the rwy. The witness asked the plt not to take off because the strip was too wet. The plt, who was a surgeon, told the witness that he had 3 operations the following morning & had to return. According to the witness, the plt went from north to south on the rwy to check the water, then he made a 2nd run toward the north to takeoff. He said that the acft left the ground & was aprx 20 ft AGL when it headed off the northwest corner of the rwy toward tall pines. He stated the 'plt pull back & stalled out & fell flat' at the north end of the rwy. Also, he reported that the wind switched to the south-southwest as the acft took off. The acft impacted near the end of the rwy & subsequently hit a ditch. Reportedly, there was standing water & grass, 6 to 10 inches tall, on the rwy. Witnesses reported large 'rooster tails' of water behind the acft as it was on the takeoff roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6024P
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1439
- Airframe hours
- 906
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James T. Lowe Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 22, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Destination
- MCN · Macon, GA
- Airport
- X29 · Dog Island, runway 34, 2,750 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 605 total · 45 in this make and model · 498 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AQQ, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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