- Date
- July 6, 1991, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Benton City, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1806CBeech BE-77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910706026189A
- Case key
- 41471
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard of the airplane's performance capability. Contributing to the accident was high density altitude.
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 flight instructor stated that he pulled the engine in order to observe the private pilot's emergency procedures, then he demonstrated a different technique. During the recovery, the aircraft was unable to initiate a climb, and settled into the terrain, where it turned over and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1806C
- Reported as
- Beech BE-77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA 272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bergstrom Aircraft, Inc
- Registered owner
- Bergstrom Aircraft, Inc
- Departed
- PSC · Pasco, WA
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,340 total · 30 in this make and model · 6,160 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1806C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.