- Date
- October 2, 1988, 07:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place
- Derry, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2715ABeech V35A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881002042619A
- Case key
- 36317
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees after takeoff from a private airstrip with a rwy which has 1,200 feet useable length. The field elev is 425 ft and the plt EST the temp to be 60 deg f. the plt said the takeoff was made to the NE. The wind was reported to be out of 210 deg at 5 at a nearby airport. He said the acft cleared the first trees off the end of the rwy but was unable to climb out of the valley where the airstrip is located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2715A
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D9046
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental IO-520B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwin Simonsen
- Registered owner
- Edwin C Simonsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1988
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- MHT · Manchester, NH
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 4, 1,200 × 45 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 400 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.