ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39435
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1982 |
| Time: | 19:22 |
| Type: |  Cessna 414 Robertson STOL |
| Owner/operator: | Last Days Ministries |
| Registration: | N110VM |
| MSN: | 414-0390 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2459 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lindale, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lindale, TX |
| Lindale, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
7-seat aircraft took off with 4 adults and 8 children aboard. Aircraft rotated at about 2,000 feet down runway and climbed in a flat nose high attitude before settling into 30 feet trees about 4,223 feet from point of lift-off. Aircraft oscillated violently 2 or 3 times in the pitch axis during the 20-30 seconds flight. Aircraft was about 445 lbs over max gross weight and CofG was 4.26 inches aft of the aft limit. On 6/9/82 the pilot took a checkride to have a "centerline thrust only" restriction removed from his multi-engine rating. 59 of his 62 hrs multi-engine were as copilot. He had no formal C414 training and had recovered only 2 hours of instruction in conventional multi-engine aircraft. He had never been required to perform weight and balance computations in his military flying or any FAA exam or checkrides. Company management did not comply with insurance stipulations which required pilot of the flight to attend a Cessna flight training school, nor did the pilot satisfy the minimum hour requirements. FAA certificate examiner lost certificate on 7/10/82, history of incomplete or substandard checkrides. Occupants died of thermal burns and smoke inhalation.
Occupants: Pilot Don Burmeister, Singer Keith Gordon Green along with two of his kids, John and Dede Smalley and their six children.
- Cause:
"Occurrence #1: loss of control - in flight
Phase of operation: takeoff - initial climb
Findings
1. (c) preflight planning/preparation - inadequate - pilot in command
2. (c) aircraft weight and balance - not performed - pilot in command
3. (c) aircraft weight and balance - exceeded - pilot in command
4. (c) performance data - not understood - pilot in command
5. (c) lift-off - premature - pilot in command
6. (c) overconfidence in personal ability - pilot in command
7. (c) inadequate transition/upgrade training - company/operator management
8. (f) insufficient standards/requirements,operation/operator - company/operator mgmt
9. (f) inadequate certification/approval,airman - FAA (organization)
10. Stall/mush - uncontrolled - pilot in command
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Occurrence #2: in flight collision with object
Phase of operation: takeoff - initial climb
Findings
11. Object - tree(s)
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Occurrence #3: fire
Phase of operation: other
Findings
12. (f) passenger briefing - not performed - pilot in command"
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X03242
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Mar-2020 02:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
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