- Date
- February 16, 1989, 16:44 local (21:44 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1010UAero Commander 500U
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890216002019A
- Case key
- 32399
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Probable cause
Control malfunction of undetermined cause that made further flight inadvisable.
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 pilot stated that shortly after rotation after he had retracted the landing gear, he noted that the elevator up control was restricted. He then reduced power on both engines and executed an intentional gear up landing on the runway. Post accident examination revealed no malfunction or failures that would cause the elevator to be jammed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1010U
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500U
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1725-28
- Airframe hours
- 5,310
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-E1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John S. Bills
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1988 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach, runway 6R, 3,200 × 100 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 81 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.