- Date
- February 16, 1988, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18868Beech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880216002569A
- Case key
- 34541
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While practicing soft field takeoffs, the student pilot stated that he overrotated, establishing too high a nose up attitude. The aircraft entered a departure stall, followed by uncontrolled descent to the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18868
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1958
- Airframe hours
- 3,495
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Executive Beechcraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 9, 1987 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas, runway 27, 3,800 × 45 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 55 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 30 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.