- Date
- August 5, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Crete, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3566RBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880805030729A
- Case key
- 34623
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Analysis
The student pilot said he lost control shortly after liftoff while attempting a soft field takeoff. The acft made an uncontrolled descent to the terrain on a farm field adjacent the airstrip, causing substantial damage to the acft, but no injuries to the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3566R
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M 733
- Airframe hours
- 1,522
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Sullivan
- Registered owner
- Sullivan, Richard L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CEK · Crete, NE
- Airport
- CEK · Crete, runway 10, 2,150 × 250 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 4 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK, 20 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.