- Date
- June 4, 1993, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Havre, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4741JBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930604017129A
- Case key
- 43035
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Probable cause
The pilot in command misjudged his clearance from a ditch, and his use of improper remedial action.
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 stated that while taxiing out from a farm yard to a road he had decided to use for takeoff, he rounded a 90 degree corner and the left main landing gear hit some soft dirt, pulling the aircraft to the left. He added power in an attempt to recover, but the left wheel went into a ditch spinning the aircraft into the bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4741J
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-179
- Airframe hours
- 1,385
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360 A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Havre Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Havre Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1993 · 7 hours before
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 56 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.