- Date
- February 24, 1984, 16:45 local (Feb 25, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- White City, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9432YBeech A33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840224004709A
- Case key
- 39879
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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 acft crashed into trees after stalling into the ground during an attempted takeoff from a soggy short sod airstrip. The acft was rotated prematurely after which it stalled at about 40 ft AGL. The plt said he should have walked the fieldto determine its condition. The acft had been fueled with automotive fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9432Y
- Reported as
- Beech A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD 286
- Airframe hours
- 2,482
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Rodriques
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1983
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,364 total · 2,364 in this make and model · 2,364 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFR, 9 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.