- Date
- June 23, 1989, 19:00 local (Jun 24, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dallesport, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5028CBeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890623026339A
- Case key
- 41037
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Probable cause
The premature rotatiion and liftoff by the pilot, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor related to the accident was: the tailwind.
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 pilot began to takeoff with a tailwind. Just after lift-off, the aircraft rolled left and impacted the ground beside the runway. No preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction of the aircraft or engine was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5028C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2290
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ed Sandoz
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- DL5 · The Dalles Muni, runway 30, 5,097 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 20 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.