Beechcraft 58P N2029Z

Summary

On 22 October 1983 at about 21:12 local time, a Beechcraft 58P registered N2029Z was involved in an accident near Cheswold, Delaware, United States. 6 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 October 1983 at 21:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Cheswold, Delaware, United States

Nearest airport

Delaware

Coordinates

39.2191, -75.5791

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58P

Registration

N2029Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Baltimore

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FHD01

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WESTERN 1/3 OF RWY 9 CONSISTED OF ROUGH CHAT ROCK & PACKED SOIL. THE REMAINING RWY SURFACE CONSISTED OF ASPHALT. THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A NO-FLAP TAKEOFF, USING ALL OF THE RWY. HE STATED THAT DUE TO THE ROUGH RWY SURFACE, UP ELEVATOR CONTROL PRESSURE WAS USED TO RELIEVE LOADS ON THE NOSE GEAR & TO RAISE THE PROPS SLIGHTLY OFF THE GRAVEL SURFACE. HE INTENDED TO PROGRESSIVELY RELIEVE THE UP ELEVATOR CONTROL & TAKEOFF AT 86 KTS. HOWEVER, SHORTLY AFTER THE ACFT STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL, IT REPORTEDLY ENTERED A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE & BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY. THE ACFT THEN YAWED TO THE LEFT & SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH TREES WHICH WERE LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH EDGE OF THE RWY. THE PLT, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, STATED THAT HIS SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT FUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.