ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287999
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| Date: | Sunday 10 October 2010 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C24 |
| Owner/operator: | Max Coates |
| Registration: | N5063M |
| MSN: | MC-587 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6214 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Blanding, Utah -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blanding Airport, UT (BDG/KBDG) |
| Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Before departure, the pilot calculated the density altitude and the required takeoff distance. Due to density altitude considerations, he did not fill the fuel tanks to capacity. His calculations indicated that the required runway length was as at least 2,000 feet less than the available 5,781-foot-long runway. After the airplane lifted off, and the pilot observed a positive rate of climb, retracted the flaps to zero, and selected the landing gear to the retracted position. However, the landing gear did not retract. Due to rising terrain directly ahead, the pilot decided to make a forced landing to a road. On short final, the airplane drifted to the right and the left main landing gear struck a chain link fence. The airplane came to rest upright in a watermelon patch. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. According to the airplane manufacturer, for the prevailing ambient conditions, the airplane was capable of climbing 227 feet per minute.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain a climb gradient sufficient to clear the rising terrain, which resulted in his decision to make a forced landing on a road.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR11LA013
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 17:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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