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FTW92LA206

1992-08-10 · PALESTINE, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PSN

N79MM has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH E33C, built 1969), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF THE CHECKLIST AND THE RESULTING INADVERTENT STALL MUSH DURING TAKEOFF.

Factual narrative

THE AIRPLANE TAXIED OUT FROM THE RAMP ONTO THE RUNWAY AND INITIATED A TAKEOFF WITHOUT CLEARING OR DOING A RUN UP, CAUSING ANOTHER AIRPLANE BACK TAXIING DOWN THE RUNWAY TO EXIT ONTO THE GRASS. THE DISPLACED PILOT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT PILOT WAS PUTTING ON HIS SHOULDER HARNESS AS HE WENT BY. PILOT WITNESSES STATED THAT THE TAKEOFF WAS INITIATED WITH THE FLAPS EXTENDED IN EXCESS OF 20 DEGREES AND THAT AFTER LIFTOFF THE AIRPLANE MUSHED BACK INTO THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED 78 FEET BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE WITH THE GEAR UP AND THE FLAPS RETRACTED TO ABOUT 7.5 DEGREES EXTENSION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_FTW92LA206.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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