- Date
- February 9, 1985, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Merritt Island, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N222CWCessna 411A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850209021539A
- Case key
- 31354
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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
According to the CFI on board, rotation was accomplished at 110 KTS. Shortly after takeoff the nose of the acft began drifting to the right and the acft began settling to the rwy. The CFI called for gear up and the acft settled to the rwy on its belly in the overrun area of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222CW
- Reported as
- Cessna 411A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 411-0257
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Sisk Aircraft Sales,Inc.
- Registered owner
- John
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- COI · Merrit Island, FL
- Airport
- Merritt Island, runway 29, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,800 total · 4,400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 12 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.