- Date
- July 14, 1991, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24576Beech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910714027189A
- Case key
- 41481
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Probable cause
Poor preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Factors to the accident were: high density altitude, excessive climb rate, inadequate remedial action, and lack of total flight expereince.
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
At the beginning of a flight, the airplane rotated normally and attained an altitude of 30 to 40 feet when the airspeed dropped and the airplane settled to the runway. Witnesses reported that the angle of attack increased to 25 degrees when the airplane lifted off. Before the airplane reached the end of the runway, the nose dropped as did the right wing and the airplane settled to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24576
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-545
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2O, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne O. & Lois M. Bozarth
- Registered owner
- Wayne O. & Lois M. Bozarth
- Destination
- EKA · Eureka, CA
- Airport
- S21 · Sunriver, runway 18, 5,500 × 65 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 63 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 26 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.