Beechcraft C23 N89MH
23 October 2011 · Columbia, Mississippi, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 October 2011 at about 17:00 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N89MH, operated by Columbia Aircraft, Inc., was involved in an accident near Columbia, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. 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 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Columbia, Mississippi, United States
- Nearest airport
- Columbia-Marion County Airport (0R0)
- Coordinates
- 31.2969, -89.8128
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft C23
- Registration
- N89MH
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Columbia Aircraft, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Columbia → Columbia
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA12LA048
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during takeoff.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot flew the airplane earlier that day on a local flight with no reported discrepancies. He then secured the airplane and took a short break before departing again on another local flight. During the initial takeoff climb, when flying about 200 feet above ground level, the engine lost partial power and started “running very rough.” He aborted the takeoff, landed on the remaining portion of the runway, but traveled off the end colliding with an airport light, which breached the right main fuel tank. A postcrash fire damaged the aft fuselage, aft portion of cabin, and interior of the airplane. Postaccident examination of the engine and engine accessories revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction. About the time of the accident, the temperature and dew point were favorable for serious carburetor ice at glide power settings. However, the engine was operating at a high power setting for takeoff, indicating that carburetor ice was likely not the reason for the loss of engine power.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft C23 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2011 | Beechcraft C23 | Carrollton, Georgia, United States | Quality Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 2011 | Beechcraft C23 | Watertown, South Dakota, United States | Lake Area Technical Institute | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 2010 | Beechcraft C23 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States | Inflight Pilot Traning LLC | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 2010 | Beechcraft C23 | Wenden, Arizona, United States | Witsken Jerome E | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Feb 2010 | Beechcraft C23 | Winter Haven, Florida, United States | Tailwheels ETC, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 18 Feb 2012 | Beechcraft C23 | Rawlins, Wyoming, United States | Jimmie E. Meadows | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2011 | Cessna 182K | Bentonia, Mississippi, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 2011 | Cessna 180J | Schlater, Mississippi, United States | Tackett Jimmy K | No injuries | - |
| 15 Oct 2011 | Cessna 180H | Houston, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Oct 2011 | Cessna 188 | Starkville, Mississippi, United States | Mississippi State University | No injuries | - |
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