- Date
- March 28, 1989, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3122WBeech B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890328004869A
- Case key
- 32414
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Probable cause
Uneven runway condition (sunken spot).
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 acft was taking off from the rough grass private strip & was apchg 70 mph, when the rgt main gear collapsed. The acft then veered into a canal which paralleled the rwy. Witnesses stated the rgt gear appeared to strike a sunken spot on the rwy just as the gear collapsed. FAA psnl examined the acft & noted damage to the gear that was consistent with the witness observations. All damage appeared to be impact related. The 15-YR-OLD acft with 3125 airframe hrs had been operating from this rough strip for the previous 10 yrs. The gear had been subjected to heavier than normal loads. The acft had been scheduled for an annual inspn in about 3 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3122W
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1633
- Airframe hours
- 3,125
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rusty Plumbing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1988 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- 60X
- Destination
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Airport
- 60X · Gator Creek, runway 36, 2,400 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 3,800 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 13 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.