19780217013019A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech E18S · Middletown, PA · February 17, 1978

Date
February 17, 1978
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N180X
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC78FA028
Reported as
Beech E18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,070 total2,435 in this make and model271 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Single plt opn,enctrd newly formed gnd fog drg night tkof,lndg lt. undetected rwy dev to l.

As the FAA filed it

SINGLE PLT OPN,ENCTRD NEWLY FORMED GND FOG DRG NIGHT TKOF,LNDG LT.UNDETECTED RWY DEV TO L.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.