- Date
- February 12, 1985, 05:10 local (10:10 UTC)
- Place
- Cartersville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N18AWBeech H18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850212044649A
- Case key
- 6597
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Analysis
The flt had not yet been scheduled when the plt retired for the evening at 2230 to 2300 EST. At 0230, he was awoken & notified to make a ngt cargo flt. The owner obtained a wx briefing & filed a flt plan, then briefed the plt later. The plt arrived at the arpt at 0430. He preflighted the acft while the owner updated the wx briefing. The acft was cleared as filed with a clearance void time of 0500; the clearance was radioed to the plt by UNICOM. During takeoff,at 0510, the acft was observed climbing northbound to aprx 800' AGL in moderate snowfall with the landing lgt on. A short time later, the acft crashed aprx 1 mi NE of the arpt while in a steep nose down, rgt wing low attitude. No pre- impact part failure/malfunction was found. Reportedly, when the plt 1st hired on, he exaggerated his flt experience; he had problems with instrument flying & was not scheduled for flts in marginal wx; & he was given extra help. At the time of the acdnt, snw was falling, mixed icing was forcast in clds & there was a SIGMET for mod to svr turbc below 8000'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18AW
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-644
- Airframe hours
- 6,468
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 6A0 · Cartersville-Bartow Co, runway 36, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,313 total · 183 in this make and model · 119 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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