- Date
- September 23, 1987, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wentzville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6958QBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870923055979A
- Case key
- 34443
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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 airplane became airborne after 1000 feet. A witness stated that after climbing to abt 10 feet, the right wing dropped almost to the ground. The acft then pulled up sharply to almost vertical and stalled at abt 75 feet above the ground and collided with a soybean field abt 300 feet past the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6958Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1089
- Airframe hours
- 2,420
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midstates Investment Co.,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mid States Inv. Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1987 · 29 hours before
- Airport
- MO50 · Wentzville, runway 36, 2,395 × 50 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 417 total · 354 in this make and model · 381 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.