ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319939
| Date: | Friday 13 January 2017 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Optimal Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N795DE |
| MSN: | BB-1510 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Five Point-Agro-West Airport, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Five Point-Agro-West Airport, CA |
| Visalia Airport, CA (VIS/KVIS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll on a narrow runway about 70 to 80 knots, he noticed that the engines were not at full power. He advanced the throttles "a little further," but when he did so, the left main landing gear dropped off the left side of the runway into soft mud. Subsequently, the airplane veered off the runway to the left, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane stopped in the mud.
The fuselage and engine firewalls sustained substantial damage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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