# NTSB ATL88MA089: British Aerospace 3101, N823JS, Springfield, OH, February 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Major investigation · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, OH
- Location: 39.8403° N, 83.8402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGFIELD/BECKLEY MUNI (SGH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8403&lon=-83.8402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88MA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88MA089

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, dual student (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, dual student
  - excessive workload (task overload), dual student
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

A COMPANY DESIGNATED INSTR AND TWO F/O TRAINEES WERE CONDUCTING A FAR 135 TRNG FLT. THE THIRD APCH WAS TERMINATED WITH AGO-AROUND INITIATED OVER THE RWY THRESHOLD AT ABOUT 50 FT. AFTER CLIMBING TO ABOUT 150 FT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO OSCILLATE IN YAW, FOLLOWED BY PITCH, AND THEN ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A NEAR-VERTICAL DESCENT ATTITUDE. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS OPERATING, BUT AT REDUCED POWER. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS AT FULL POWER.THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ACFT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. COMPANY PILOTS INDICATED THAT THE CAPT HAD A HISTORY OF DEMEANING COCKPIT BEHAVIOR AND ROUGHNESS WITH STUDENTS. THE F/O, WAS SMALL IN STATURE AND HAD 100 HRS OF MULTI-ENG TIME AND NO TURBOPROP TIME. COMPANY PILOTS REPORTED THE F/O TRAINEE WAS CONSISTENTLY BEHIND THE ACFT IN PRIOR FLIGHTS. EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE FLAPS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION CONTRARY TO ACFT HANDBOOK. COMPANY PILOTS FURTHER INDICATED THE CAPT HAD HISTORY OF REQUIRING LOW ALTITUDE 1-ENG GO-AROUNDS AND DELAYING OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N823JS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823JS-2013-06-12), registration cancelled 2013-06-12, S/N 623 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRITISH AEROSPACE 3101
- Registry model: [British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101](https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (registry code 1500216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 623
- Airframe hours: 8219
- Engines: GARRETT TPE-331-10UF 940 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Jestream Int'L Airlines, doing business as Piedmont Commuter
- Registered owner: E. F. Hutton Capital Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, January 27, 1988, 69 hours before
- Departed: DAY, DAYTON, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SGH, Beckley Muni, runway 24, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 8,670 total, 1,030 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGH

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880209002159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880209002159A), Feb 9, 1988: Bag JETSTM3101, Springfield, OH, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Appeared to enter a stall on a single engine go around. Trainee unable to hold rudder,got below VMC. Rolled spun in

## Other investigations on N823JS (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL87IA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87IA027), Nov 26, 1986: British Aerospace BA-31 (N823JS), Louisville, KY, incident, minor damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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