- Date
- March 1, 1987, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6001MBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870301036659A
- Case key
- 34343
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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 reported that the preflight eng run-up was satisfactory. Shortly after takeoff, the eng faultered briefly and the plt attempted a landing back on the rwy. Upon establishing a point to land, the eng responded and the acft overshot the intended landing area. The eng faultered once again and the plt was able to make a forced landing in an open field just off the departure end of the rwy. Inspection of the eng after several attempts to duplicate the eng malfunction failed to provide evidence that would conclusively determine what caused the failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6001M
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2111
- Airframe hours
- 2,088
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hamilton Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hamilton Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Grain Valley, MO
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 1 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.