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Date
April 4, 1984 · 19:15 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1976M
Reported as
Beech F90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A135
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total600 in this make and model75 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.
Initiated takeoff roll. Lined up with left side of runway instead of center line. Hit runway edge lights. Aborted.
As the FAA filed it
INITIATED TAKEOFF ROLL. LINED UP WITH LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY INSTEAD OF CENTER LINE. HIT RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS. ABORTED.