Beechcraft S35 N5852S

Summary

On 27 September 2006 at about 20:20 local time, a Beechcraft S35 registered N5852S was involved in an accident near Lake City, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 September 2006 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake City, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Lake City Airpark (FL27)

Coordinates

30.0439, -82.6039

Aircraft

Beechcraft S35

Registration

N5852S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC06FA230

1 person died.

A loss of control during an unintentional takeoff for an undetermined reason.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The evening prior to the accident, the pilot introduced a mixture of hydraulic fluid and lacquer thinner into the engine to free up some "stuck valves." The following morning, he taxied the airplane to the grass runway on the airpark where he lived. He performed a lengthy runup and unintentionally became airborne, shortly after which the airplane rolled to the right and struck trees prior to impacting the ground. He had been treated for a number of ongoing medical issues, and did not have a current medical certificate, He had high blood pressure, recent evidence of some previous asymptomatic strokes, had recently complained of persistent knee pain following a right knee replacement, and was on a blood thinner. The pilot may have been unable to maintain control of the aircraft during the engine run-up due to knee pain or may have suffered a sudden hemorrhagic (bleeding) stroke into the brain, made considerably more likely by his age, his high blood pressure and his continued use of a blood thinner.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.