Beechcraft A36 N5WW

Summary

On 3 April 1988 at about 21:44 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N5WW was involved in an accident near Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 April 1988 at 21:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Colorado Springs (COS)

Coordinates

38.8092, -104.7100

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N5WW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Cedar Rapids

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88FA090

4 people died.

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

AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT FAILED TO CLIMB SUFFICIENTLY TO CLEAR A UTILITY POLE ONE-HALF MILE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE POLE AND CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE PLT AND THREE PAX WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE ACFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT POWER REQUIRED WAS GREATER THAN POWER AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOFF AT NEAR MAX GROSS WT FROM THE HIGH ALTITUDE, HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE ARPT, AND THE PLT WAS INEXPERIENCED IN HIGH ALTITUDE ARPT OPERATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.