- Date
- October 22, 1983, 17:12 local (21:12 UTC)
- Place
- Cheswold, DE
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2029ZBeech 58P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831022054999A
- Case key
- 35392
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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 plt reported that the western 1/3 of rwy 9 consisted of rough chat rock & packed soil. The remaining rwy surface consisted of asphalt. The plt elected to make a no-flap takeoff, using all of the rwy. He stated that due to the rough rwy surface, up elevator control pressure was used to relieve loads on the nose gear & to raise the props slightly off the gravel surface. He intended to progressively relieve the up elevator control & takeoff at 86 KTS. However, shortly after the acft started its takeoff roll, it reportedly entered a nose high attitude & became airborne prematurely. The acft then yawed to the left & subsequently collided with trees which were located near the north edge of the rwy. The plt, who was seriously injured, stated that his shoulder harness did not function.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2029Z
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-162
- Airframe hours
- 1,290
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-L, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joel A. Shcneider
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983 · 83 hours before
- Destination
- MTN · Baltimore, MD
- Airport
- Delaware, runway 9, 3,484 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- MIV, 25 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.