- Date
- May 27, 1990, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, ID
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4907WRockwell Commander 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900527017409A
- Case key
- 41110
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Poor preflight planning premature lift-off on takeoff by the pilot in command.
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 made a takeoff from a 2700 ft long back country dirt strip in high density altitude conditions. The acft lifted off near mid-field, settled back onto the runway, took off near the end of the strip, and impacted trees on a ridgeline 1/4 mile from the airport. The acft was loaded to near maximum gw.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4907W
- Reported as
- Rockwell Commander 114 (COMMANDER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14232
- Airframe hours
- 1,085
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-T4B5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne E. Thornton
- Registered owner
- Wayne E Thornton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1989 · 71 hours before
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Airport
- NONE · Green Valley, runway 25, 2,700 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 633 total · 282 in this make and model · 515 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI, 48 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.