- Date
- May 21, 1989, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- North Creek, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8805HNorth American Navion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890521012609A
- Case key
- 36415
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation for the takeoff.
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 aircraft crashed into trees off the departure end of the runway. It was stated that the wind was variable and that the pilot had taxied back & forth multiple times prior to takeoff, attempting to take off into the wind. The airport manager said that the winds were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8805H
- Reported as
- North American Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-805
- Airframe hours
- 2,663
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Lomax
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- ONYO · North Creek, NY
- Destination
- B19 · Biddeford, ME
- Airport
- ONYO · Bennetts, runway 17, 3,000 × 150 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,540 total · 911 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.