# NTSB ATL84IA065: Sabreliner NA-265-80, N60, Cherry Point, NC, December 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 15, 1983, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Cherry Point, NC
- Coordinates: 34.899997, -76.890899 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9000&lon=-76.8909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84IA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84IA065

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation.  Factors contributing to the accident were fog, rain, and lightning.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - lightning (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

ACFT LINED UP WITH THE LEFT EDGE FLUSH MOUNTED RWY LIGHTS THINKING THEY WERE CENTERLINE LIGHTS. BEGINNING ABOUT 1000 FT DOWN THE RWY THE EDGE LIGHTS WERE POST MOUNTED AND ONE FT IN HEIGHT. NOREMAL ACCELERATION WAS BEGUN AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AT ABOUT 80 KTS AFTER STRIKING 4 OR 5 LIGHTS. RWY MARKINGS WERE CONVENTIONAL. THE WIDTH OF THE RWY WAS REDUCED FROM 400 FT TO 200 FT A YEAR BEFORE & THE FORMER RWY SURFACEREMAINED. THERE WERE NO CENTERLINE LIGHTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60-1996-06-12), registration cancelled 1996-06-12, S/N 38028 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Sabreliner Corp. NA-265-80
- Registry model: [Rockwell International NA-265-80](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-na-265-80) (registry code 7630108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 380-28
- Airframe hours: 8009
- Engines: GE CF-700 4500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Public aircraft, Part 91
- Registered owner: Federal Aviation Adminis.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, November 2, 1983, 93 hours before
- Departed: NKT
- Destination: TYS, KNOXVILLE, TN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: NKT, Cherry Point, runway 32R, 7,890 × 200 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 15,700 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: NKT

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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