- Date
- August 12, 1986, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Live Oak, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N58MCBeech F-33-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860812085989A
- Case key
- 31692
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt noted approaching thunderstorm to east and elected to depart to the west due to the current wind being calm. During the takeoff roll a sudden gust from the left rear caused the pilot to loose directional control and the aircraft went off the left side of the runway colliding with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58MC
- Reported as
- Beech F-33-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CJ-143
- Airframe hours
- 1,031
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene A. Olsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1986 · 57 hours before
- Destination
- X31 · Crystal River, FL
- Airport
- FL09 · Kittyhawk Estates, runway 30, 2,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,542 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 4,201 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VLD, 27 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.