- Date
- January 8, 1990, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- W Kingston, RI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6741VBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900108000289A
- Case key
- 36596
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft, while attempting to close the passenger's door during takeoff. The unsecured passenger door was a related 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
As the aircraft was nearing rotation speed on the takeoff roll, the door opened on the passenger's side. The pilot leaned across the passenger in an effort to secure the door. Unable to secure the door, he attempted to stop the aircraft within the confines of the runway, then attempted to fly, but was going too slow. The pilot then reduced power to minimize the inevitable impact. Subsequently, the aircraft drifted left, impacted in trees and a swampy area beyond the end of the runway, and burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6741V
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10341
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hayden Machinery,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hayden Mackinery Co. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- RI04
- Destination
- OXC · Oxford, CT
- Airport
- RI04 · West Kingston, runway 29, 2,130 × 30 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °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.