- Date
- July 16, 1986, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N417BBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860716033919A
- Case key
- 31674
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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 plt lost control of the acft when it rotated early due to the elevator trim tab being set at four notches nose up. The acft then stalled & landed hard collapsing the landing gear. The plt failed to use a checklist.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N417B
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1423
- Airframe hours
- 2,944
- Engine
- Continental E185-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orlando County Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Mac Barksdale
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 20, 1986 · 72 hours before
- Destination
- 2X2 · Clermont, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando North, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 298 total · 28 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 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.