- Date
- October 1, 1989, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain View, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3106VBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891001037279A
- Case key
- 34889
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Premature retraction of the landing gear by the pilot was a contributing factor.
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 pilot said that shortly after takeoff, the engine failed. He had already retracted the landing gear, and attempted a gear-up landing on the remaining available runway. The acft slid about 300 feet on the remaining runway, then an additional 100 feet on the maintained grass overrun. Post accident investigation failed to determine the cause of the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3106V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-527
- Airframe hours
- 3,558
- Engine
- Continental E-185-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Morton, Gary L.
- Registered owner
- Hagler, Fred
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1988 · 66 hours before
- Airport
- MNE · Mountain View, runway 28, 4,500 × 60 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 87 in this make and model · 855 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TBN, 55 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.