- Date
- February 11, 1986, 20:52 local (Feb 12, 1986, 01:52 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N148PABeech H-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860211019819A
- Case key
- 6999
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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 the ground after stalling during takeoff. Witnesses reported that the acft pitched up in two increments, climbed sharply to about 200 ft AGL, stalled dropped the rt wing and descended, impacting the ground in a flat attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N148PA
- Reported as
- Beech H-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-645
- Airframe hours
- 6,405
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ace Air Cargo Express,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1985 · 96 hours before
- Destination
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,663 total · 203 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.