- Date
- September 25, 1985, 05:37 local (09:37 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25QBeech D18S
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850925047609A
- Case key
- 6642
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft contacted the terrain with the left wing tip, cartwheeled and came to rest inverted during an ILS rwy 12 apch at Huntington (hts). Minimum apch visibility for the ILS is 3/4 of a mile. While en route the plt was informed the hts visibility was 1/8 of a mile. A missed apch was performed on the first ILS. During the missed apch climb the transponder code in the acft was changed to 7600. Radar data indicated that after the 2nd ILS apch, the acft made a climbing left turn. When aprx 2 miles se of the arpt, at 2100 ft, the acft made a sharp right turn. The radar target disappeared shortly thereafter. The acft contacted the terrain on a heading of 260 degs between rwy 30 and the parallel taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25Q
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A823
- Airframe hours
- 9,797
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Transtar Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- United Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 26, 1985 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HTS · Tri State Walker Long Fld, runway 12, 6,509 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- 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
- 3,900 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N25Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.