- Date
- November 30, 1989, 21:15 local (Dec 1, 1989, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6079HPiper Aerostar 601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891130047799A
- Case key
- 32537
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Probable cause
Loss of aircraft control during takeoff for an unknown reason which resulted in a collision with the ground.
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 was cleared for takeoff on an IFR flt. After takeoff, the plt did not contact departure control. A search was initiated & the acft was found near the departure end of rwy 7. There was evidence the acft had impacted in a left wing down, nose low attitude. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6079H
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 601P (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0734-8063358
- Airframe hours
- 962
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnston, Douglas W.
- Registered owner
- Douglas W Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1989 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- MTH · Marathon, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 7, 5,998 × 150 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,750 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.