# NTSB MIA86LA210: Beech 35, N417B, Plymouth, FL, July 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1986, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, FL
- Location: 28.7066° N, 81.5814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO APOPKA (X04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7066&lon=-81.5814&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31674
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31674/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA210

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper climb rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - rotation - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - runway
- Gear collapsed, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N417B-1994-08-24), registration cancelled 1994-08-24, S/N D1423 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-1423
- Airframe hours: 2944
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860716033919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860716033919A), Jul 16, 1986: Beech 35BEECH, Plymouth, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot did not set trim before takeoff and aircraft pitched nose up and stalled during liftoff.

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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