ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232350
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 January 2020 |
| Time: | 12:11 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N36TT |
| MSN: | EA-350 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2513 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-UB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Corona Municipal Airport (KAJO), Corona, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Corona Municipal Airport, CA (KAJO) |
| Torrance Airport, CA (TOA/KTOA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane, with two pilots and two passengers onboard, had landed at the airport to refuel, and 78.06 gallons of fuel were added. The airplane departed with a 5-knot tailwind down a 3,200 ft asphalt runway. According to a witness at the airport, the nose raised off the runway surface prematurely during the takeoff roll. Although the investigation could not determine which pilot was at the controls, neither pilot elected to abort the landing and the airplane bounced down the runway unable to become airborne. The airplane continued to accelerate and reached rotation speed as it collided into a fence at the end of the runway.
Onsite examination revealed the elevator trim tabs were in the full-down position (full nose-up trim). It is likely the elevator trim was mistakenly set at full nose-up trim, which enabled the nose to rise off the runway surface prematurely during the takeoff roll. As the airspeed increased, the force required to push the nose down would have become greater.
The right-seated pilot owned the airplane and the left-seated pilot had flown with him before. A review of the left-seated pilot’s personal notebook revealed that he had flown 3.7 hours in the accident airplane and therefore, likely had limited familiarity with it.
Although the airplane was likely at or over the maximum gross weight based on the amount of fuel added to the airplane, the airplane’s performance charts indicate that the runway length was sufficient at the airplane’s maximum gross takeoff weight to complete a takeoff. Both pilots had ample opportunity to abort the takeoff when they realized the airplane was not becoming airborne but continued with the takeoff attempt.
Probable Cause: The pilots’ failure to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a collision with a fence at the end of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the airplane being at or over the maximum gross takeoff weight and the inappropriate elevator trim tab setting.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.pe.com/2020/01/22/plane-crashes-at-corona-municipal-airport/
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/plane-crashes-near-corona-municipal-airport/2296424/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-22/plane-crashes-at-corona-airport
https://www.sbsun.com/2020/01/22/plane-crashes-at-corona-municipal-airport/
NTSB
FAA
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=36TT
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/1/60758_1042082147.jpg (photo)
Location
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 21:13 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Jan-2020 21:22 | Geno | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2020 21:25 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2020 22:10 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2020 00:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Jan-2020 00:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Jan-2020 02:00 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2020 07:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Jan-2020 10:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Jan-2020 11:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2020 15:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2020 15:23 | Geno | Updated [Nature, Source] |
| 23-Jan-2020 15:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Nature, Source] |
| 13-Jun-2021 18:57 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2022 18:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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