- Date
- October 15, 1988, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4553VBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32345
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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 stated the acft was topped with 30 gals of auto fuel prior to departing for the open house at mcdill afb. The flt to mcdill was normal. Before departure, about 1/2 inch of water was drained from the fuel system during preflt inspection. At about 300 ft immediately after takeoff, the engine quit & the plt made a forced ldg into a field where the rt wing of the acft hit a pole as it slid along on the belly. The engine was subsequently test-run satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4553V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1381
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C & D Airforo, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MCF
- Destination
- CLW · St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport
- 2 · Mcdill Afb, runway 13, 11,400 × 300 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 539 total · 84 in this make and model · 469 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCF