CEN21LA118 · Beech 300
Carver Aero Beech 300 · Accident: loss of control on ground during takeoff
Event
- NTSB case
- CEN21LA118
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- Event fatalities
- Unknown
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Beech 300
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft 300
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N217US
- Operator
- Carver Aero
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
- Aircraft age
- About 14 years (built 2007)
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Loss of control on ground
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
No findings designated as a cause are recorded in the NTSB data yet.
Approximate · Coordinates from the NTSB case API, which marks them as estimated or does not say; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that during a simulated engine failure after decision speed (V1) takeoff, when the flight instructor reduced power on the airplane’s left engine during the takeoff roll, the airplane yawed left and veered toward the left edge of the runway where there was packed snow. The pilot reported that he applied right rudder and back pressure to rotate the airplane as the instructor pilot added right rudder with his set of rudder pedals. The instructor pilot reported he then attempted to restore left engine power as the airplane struck a snowbank on the edge of the runway. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine nacelles and the fuselage. The left engine was separated from the airplane and the right engine remained attached by skin. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The instructor pilot reported that the flight’s purpose was for the pilot to conduct training in a twin-engine turboprop airplane, in preparation of an upcoming checkride. The plan was to simulate an engine failure during the takeoff roll, after passing takeoff decision speed (V1). He added that the plan was briefed the day prior and that the speeds were calculated and confirmed in the primary flight display (PFD) before the takeoff. The instructor pilot added that the runway was plowed 75 ft wide, with patches of packed snow near the edges.
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, and the flight instructor’s inadequate oversight during a simulated engine out takeoff that resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a snowbank.
Verbatim NTSB analysis and probable cause from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record CEN21LA118
- Event ID
- 20210201102579
- Case number
- CEN21LA118
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status, coordinates. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 40289dce2e7b80bbbf211b3f9e8bc77cd36ede52145d98154bf10986c9a50160; retrieved 2026-09-16T13:35:18.132Z.