- Date
- October 29, 1991, 17:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Bombay, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6119NBeech B23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911029059079A
- Case key
- 37104
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to use all the available take off area.
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
During take off from a private grass strip, the airplane struck a fence post. The pilot elected to land in an adjacent field and hit a ditch. The investigation showed the pilot did not use all the take off area available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6119N
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1206
- Airframe hours
- 3,084
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward V Peet
- Registered owner
- Edward V Peet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1991 · 917 hours before
- Destination
- GBO · Middlebury, VT
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSS, 20 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.