# NTSB ATL84LA009: Beech E18S, N700M, Denver, NC, October 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1983, 13:54 local (17:54 UTC)
- Place: Denver, NC
- Coordinates: 35.529418, -81.030075 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5294&lon=-81.0301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6360
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6360/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA009

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance,takeoff capability - deteriorated (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

AFTER TAXIING ONTO THE RWY THE PLT RAN THE ENGS UP TO TAKEOFF POWER OF 36' MP & BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER SHE REDUCED POWER TO ABOUT 25'-30' MP BECAUSE THE ACFT APPEARED TO ACCELERATE SLOWLY. AFTER A QUICK SCAN OF THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH REVEALED NOTHING UNUSUAL, SHE AGAIN PUSHED FORWARD ON THE THROTTLE. ANOTHER CHECK OF THE INSTRUMENTS INDICATED THAT SHE WAS ONLY UP TO 30'-33' MP, SO SHE PUSHED THE THROTTLES FORWARD MORE TO GET 36' MP. BY THIS TIME THE ACFT STARTED A DRIFT TO THE RIGHT WHICH SHE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY INTO TREES.THE ACFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE 10 DEGS OF FLAPS DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N700M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700M-2013-02-20), registration cancelled 2013-02-20, S/N BA-246, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BA 246
- Airframe hours: 7851
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Mountain Air Cargo
- Registered owner: Southern National Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, August 15, 1983
- Destination: AVP, SCRANTON, PA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 66A, Little Mountain Airport, runway 3, 3,200 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,030 total, 765 in this make and model, 1,800 as pilot in command, 271 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HKY, 18 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831003052959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831003052959A), Oct 3, 1983: Beech E18S, Denver, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during takeoff and crashed into trees off side of runway

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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