Beechcraft A36 N57S
19 September 2009 · Fairmont, West Virginia, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 19 September 2009 at about 13:15 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N57S, operated by James P. Dehaven, was involved in an accident near Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fairmont Municipal Airport (4G7)
- Coordinates
- 39.4422, -80.1669
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft A36
- Registration
- N57S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- James P. Dehaven
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fairmont → Auburn
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA09LA530
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff, resulting in an overun. Contributing to the accident was the overweight condition of the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, the airplane appeared to accelerate normally on liftoff until about 4 feet above the runway, but the airplane did not want to fly. He stated that the only way to get it to fly was to push the nose down, but he did not want to do that, so he pulled the power off and landed about three-quarters of the way down the runway. He stated that the airplane was performing fine. The airplane continued off the departure end of the 2,859-foot-long runway and struck an embankment. A video recording of the flight revealed that the airplane lifted off in a nose-high attitude and settled back to the runway after the ground roll used about eight-tenths of the runway. Weight and balance calculations were completed using the airplane’s maintenance records and the weights volunteered by the pilot, his passengers, 40 pounds of baggage, and 70 gallons of fuel. The estimated weight of the airplane at takeoff was 3,842 pounds. The maximum allowable gross weight for the airplane was 3,650 pounds.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft A36 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2009 | Beechcraft A36 | Refugio, Texas, United States | Aero Mark JM LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 2009 | Beechcraft A36 | Guanajuato, Mexico | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 11 Jul 2009 | Beechcraft A36 | Masizo del Roraima, Venezuela, Venezuela | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 4 Mar 2009 | Beechcraft A36 | Athens, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 2009 | Beechcraft A36 | Charleston, Missouri, United States | Morley Tower Co | No injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 2009 | Beechcraft A36 | Bullhead City, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2009 | Aeronca 7AC | Fairmont, West Virginia, United States | Cowgill Richard D | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 2009 | Cirrus SR-22 | Ravenswood, West Virginia, United States | Sequoia Airways, LLC | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jun 2009 | Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | Morgantown, West Virginia, United States | Air Methods Corporation Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 2009 | Piper PA-34-200T | Huntington, West Virginia, United States | Wieslaw Dobrzanski | Fatal | 6 |
| 5 Jul 2009 | Cessna 400 | Huntington, West Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 Sep 2009 | Aeromot AMT200 | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States | David Shaeffer | No injuries | - |