- Date
- March 1, 1990, 13:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Inver Grove Hgt, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3077GBeech B36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900301004869A
- Case key
- 34880
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Probable cause
Premature lift-off by the pilot, while taking off with a heavy gross weight in unfavorable winds, and the pilot's failure to attain/maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush.
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 acft was equipped with a temporary fuel sys to ferry it to south africa. Also, it was approved for special flt opns & a maximum gross wt limitation of 4235 lbs. Its actual weight for takeoff was calculated to be 3956 lbs. The plt took off on rwy 16 for the initial flt with the wind from about 240 deg at 17 KTS. Shortly after lift-off, the acft was observed flying just above the trees in a nose hi attitude. The plt turned the acft about 90 deg to the left toward a river (down slope). He then turned it further left & aligned its flt path with the river. However, the acft hit a pole on a boat dock & crashed in the river. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found during the investigation. One witness, who saw the acft after takeoff, said it was mushing as the lndg gear was being retracted, then the plt 'made a steep bank to the left & went below the trees.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3077G
- Reported as
- Beech B36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-383
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Avex, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Special flight (Special)
- Departed
- D97 · South St Paul, MN
- Destination
- South Africa
- Airport
- D97 · South St Paul Muni, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,073 total · 8 in this make and model · 919 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 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.