Beech D-45 accident near Williston, FL
On November 5, 2011, a Beech D-45 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Williston, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 5, 2011
- Place
- Williston, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech D-45 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.244°N, 82.546°W
- NTSB ID
- 20111107X85529
Official records · ERA12FA062
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 5, 2011, about 1644 eastern daylight time, a Beech D-45 (T-34B), N34KT, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain following a loss of control during initial climb at Wings Field Airport (96FL), Williston, Florida. The certificated flight instructor and private pilot were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91, destined for Spruce Creek Airport (7FL6), Daytona Beach, Florida. According to witnesses, the airplane was observed to do an exaggerated soft-field takeoff on runway 36 and become airborne in a couple of hundred feet. It then ballooned up and started to settle but then leveled off just above the turf runway and accelerated. As the airplane passed abeam the witnesses who were friends of the flight instructor, a few puffs of smoke from the airplane's smoke system were observed to emanate from its exhaust and the airplane's wings were observed to "wag" up and down, once or twice. After reaching the end of the runway, the airplane was then observed to pitch up abruptly and "aggressively" to a 60 to 70 degree nose up climb attitude, and climb momentarily to approximately 200 feet above ground level. It then yawed and rolled simultaneously to the left to about a 300 degree heading while pitching nose down. Engine power was then heard to "come back up" and the airplane turned back to the right to an approximate 090 degree heading. The nose of the airplane then oscillated up and down and the airplane
Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed in changing wind conditions during a steep climb after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s ostentatious display close to the ground.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
