# NTSB MKC88LA149: Beech C23, N3566R, Crete, NE, August 5, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Crete, NE
- Coordinates: 40.620235, -96.949455 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6202&lon=-96.9495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34623
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34623/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA149

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3566R-1992-06-16), registration cancelled 1992-06-16, S/N M733 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M 733
- Airframe hours: 1522
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880805030729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880805030729A), Aug 5, 1988: Beech 23BEECH, Crete, NE, Substantial damage. Student lost control of aircraft shortly after liftoff and crashed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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