Beechcraft A36 N6024P

Summary

On 18 September 1983 at about 17:20 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N6024P was involved in an accident near Dog Island, Florida, United States. 5 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 1983 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Dog Island, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Dog Island (X29)

Coordinates

29.8409, -84.6691

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N6024P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → MacOn

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA233

1 person 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 THE PLT ARRIVED AT THE ARPT, A PERSON (WHO LATER WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT) DROVE THE PLT DOWN THE STRIP TO EXAMINE THE RWY. THE WITNESS ASKED THE PLT NOT TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE THE STRIP WAS TOO WET. THE PLT, WHO WAS A SURGEON, TOLD THE WITNESS THAT HE HAD 3 OPERATIONS THE FOLLOWING MORNING & HAD TO RETURN. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS, THE PLT WENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON THE RWY TO CHECK THE WATER, THEN HE MADE A 2ND RUN TOWARD THE NORTH TO TAKEOFF. HE SAID THAT THE ACFT LEFT THE GROUND & WAS APRX 20 FT AGL WHEN IT HEADED OFF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE RWY TOWARD TALL PINES. HE STATED THE 'PLT PULL BACK & STALLED OUT & FELL FLAT' AT THE NORTH END OF THE RWY. ALSO, HE REPORTED THAT THE WIND SWITCHED TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AS THE ACFT TOOK OFF. THE ACFT IMPACTED NEAR THE END OF THE RWY & SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A DITCH. REPORTEDLY, THERE WAS STANDING WATER & GRASS, 6 TO 10 INCHES TALL, ON THE RWY. WITNESSES REPORTED LARGE 'ROOSTER TAILS' OF WATER BEHIND THE ACFT AS IT WAS ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.