- Date
- February 16, 1992, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3011WBeech E-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920216002979A
- Case key
- 33069
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper airspeed (vhc) before rotation which resulted in failure to maintain directional control following total loss of engine power from the right engine. Contributing to the accident was failure of the right engine, engine driven fuel pump.
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
Shortly after rotation, the acft yawed to the rt. The plt aborted the takeoff & the acft touched down in the grass adjacent to the rwy. During the landing roll, the landing gear collapsed. Exam of the rt eng revealed that the eng driven fuel pump shaft was sheared.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3011W
- Reported as
- Beech E-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-932
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Modular Research Development
- Registered owner
- Modular Research Development
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- GNV · Gainesville, FL
- Airport
- TLH · Tallahassee Regional, runway 36, 6,066 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 1 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.