# Incident 20000512027309I: Beech 58, West Union, OH, May 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: West Union, OH
- Airport: Alexander Salamon Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8517° N, 83.5660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALEXANDER SALAMON (AMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8517&lon=-83.5660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100QD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000512027309I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM THE ABOVE AIRPORT (AMT) WHEN "SOMETHING DID NOT FEEL RIGHT". HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AT THAT POINT. HE APPLIED HARD BRAKING.  STEADY SKID MARKS FOR BOTH MAIN TIRES WERE EVIDENT FOR THE LAST ONE FORTH OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, GOING THROUGH A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH WITCH COLLAPSED AND SEVERED THE NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT THIRTY FEET BEYOND THE DRAINAGE DITCH ABOUT 25 FEET TO THE NORTH OF THE EXTENDED RUNWAY CENTER LINE.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO GO TO THE RIGHT (SOUTH) OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE JUST PRIOR TO LEAVING THE PAVEMENT.  AT SOME POINT DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF THE PROPELLER CONTROLS WERE MOVED TO THE FEATHER POSITION.  NEITHER PROP APPEARED TO BE FULLY FEATHERED, HOWEVER ONLY ONE BLADE ON EACH PROPLELLER WAS BENT INDICATING THE ENGINES WERE NOT PRODUCING POWER AT THE POINT WHERE THE NOSE GEAR WAS COLLAPSED.  IT IS ALSO NOTE WORTHY THAT THE BEND IN EACH PROPELLER INDICATES THE POSIBILITY THAT THE PROPELLERS MAY HAVE NOT BEEN TURNING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT THOUGH THE DRAINAGE DITCH.  INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT AFTER INCIDENT REVEALED THE MAGNETO SWITCHES WERE  OFF FOR BOTH ENGINES, THROTTLE, PROPELLERS, AND MIXTURE CONTROLS WERE ALL IN THE FULL REARWARD POSITION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED  THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY A 10 TO 15 KNOT WIND DIRECTLY DOWN THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF THE ARRIVAL OF THIS INSPECTOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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