- Date
- November 8, 1986, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N304DBeech 65-A80
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11343
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg clb after tkof, l eng seized. Plt said he atmtd 1 eng restart; prop would not rotate or feather. No emerg declared. Plt stated eng shut-dwn proc was used, scientific bus sws were shut off, r gen was recycled & appeared to oper normally. Plts got imt vector to rtrn to martin (mtn) arpt, but radar ctc was lost for atb 5 min. Elec prblms were enctrd & plts had probm maintg hdgs, thus were delayed in diverting to altn. With l prop unfeathered, they could not maint alt. Due tobad wx at mtn, they diverted to bwi. Radar & rdo ctc were lost & they could not rch bwi. Drg forced lndg, acft hit tree & crashed short of intended lndg area. Teardown of l eng revealed #4 & #5 con rods had failed at crankshaft; they were discolored fm heat & scored; otr rod brgs had indcns of oil starvation. Metallic debris fm failed eng fnd in oil sys. Svrl oil feed holes to rod brgs were obstructed with metallic debris. Fire dmgd most of the elec sys. Acft (modified forenvironmental testing) not flt tested for drag inducing mods; written flt crew instrns not avail for mods.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N304D
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LD226
- Airframe hours
- 7,479
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-A1A, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Fliteways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- U.S. Dept. Of Energy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1986
- Departed
- MTN · Baltimore, MD
- Destination
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BWI · Baltimore-Washington Intl, runway 28, 9,452 × 200 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,294 total · 24 in this make and model · 1,882 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 5 nm away