Livermore Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Livermore, California 94550
Wednesday, November 12, 1986 17:55 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE TAKEOFF ROLL, BECAME AIRBORNE AT ABOUT 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 50 FEET, ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED INVERTED ONTO A PARALLEL TAXIWAY AT ABOUT MID FIELD. THERE WAS NO FIRE. EXAM OF WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL SEL FOR RT ENG WAS ON RT MAIN WHILE SEL FOR LT ENG WAS ON AUX FUEL TK. OP MANUAL STATES THEY SHOULD BOTH BE ON MAINS FOR TKOF. LT PROPS WERE FD NEARLY STRAIGHT WHILE RT PROPS WERE FOUND BENT REARWARD.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/12/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1755
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City LIVERMORE
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 94550
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LIVERMORE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LVK
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1755 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID LVK
Elevation of weather observation facility 397
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 20000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 70
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2433
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 12 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1803
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33123
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:17PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8386N
NTSB Number LAX87FA039
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model D55
Aircraft Series Identifier D55
Aircraft Serial Number TE-555
Certified Max Gross Weight 5300
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 2 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 71
Airframe Hours 3216
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name VINCENT J. FLYNN
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 955
Aircraft Owner City GERBER
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 96035
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1755
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code O08
Destination City COLUSA
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 7
Runway Length 4000
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --