- Date
- July 5, 1986, 21:00 local (Jul 6, 1986, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tremont City, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8640EBeech C-45H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860705034779A
- Case key
- 6970
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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
The acft collided with a utility pole during an exhibition fly-by. The acft continued to fly to its home arpt where it made an uneventful landing. The rt wing was damaged on the outboard end to include 2 ft of the aileron. The pole struck was 30 ft high and 125 ft from the approach end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8640E
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF510
- Airframe hours
- 4,532
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Midland Ross Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- I74 · Urbana, OH
- Destination
- I54 · Tremont City, OH
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,702 total · 350 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 20 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.