- Date
- January 18, 1984, 09:58 local (14:58 UTC)
- Place
- Beckley, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8461HPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840118000879A
- Case key
- 6408
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll the acft traveled about 2400 ft before starting a drift to the left. It covered another 425 ft prior to colliding with a snow bank shearing off the nose gear & collapsing both main landing gear. The rwy was covered with about 4 inches of wet snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8461H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Continental TSOP-360-KB1A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Woodland & Properties, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- JHW · Jamestown, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BRW · Raleigh County, runway 10, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 752 total · 257 in this make and model · 605 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.