- Date
- February 24, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Morganton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1480KBeech 18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880224003939A
- Case key
- 7711
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
PIC aborted first takeoff attempt due to crosswind induced directional control difficulties. During second takeoff attempt, gusty crosswind lifted left wing & acft became airborne. PIC forced acft back onto rwy, lost directional control and veered off rwy first to left side then across rwy to right side. Acft was loaded at aft CG limit. Crosswind was 50-70 degrees off of direct headwind with the rpted gusts exceeding crosswind limits.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1480K
- Reported as
- Beech 18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA 601
- Airframe hours
- 4,922
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Saber Aviation, Inc., doing business as Saber Cargo Airlines
- Registered owner
- Saber Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRN
- Destination
- FWA · Ft Wayne, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MRN · Morganton-Lenoir, runway 3, 4,000 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,353 total · 393 in this make and model · 2,362 as pilot in command · 208 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 15 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.
Other investigations on N1480K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.