- Date
- December 29, 1985, 12:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1544ZBeech B-35-P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851229063829A
- Case key
- 31560
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityCause
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The private pilot stated that during takeoff from a wet sod field he rotated prematurely and the aircraft stalled. The aircraft then mushed and crashed causing minor injuries to one passenger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1544Z
- Reported as
- Beech B-35-P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D7009
- Airframe hours
- 2,705
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl H. Knowles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- X25 · Lake Wales, FL
- Destination
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- X25 · Chalet Suzanne, runway 36, 2,450 × 75 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 729 total · 666 in this make and model · 613 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 16 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.