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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C-45G · Abilene, TX · September 8, 1980

Date
September 8, 1980 · 01:54 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ABCA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N315WN
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80FA113
Reported as
Beech C45G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,589 total391 in this make and model354 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Ground-looped. Factors - rain wet runway, strong crosswind.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. GROUND-LOOPED. FACTORS - RAIN WET RUNWAY, STRONG CROSSWIND.

NTSB investigation

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