- Date
- January 14, 1975
- Place
- Evansville, IN · EVANSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8794Westwind TC-45J
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750114003869A
- Case key
- 148031
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0210 75/1/14 EVANSVILLE,IN WESTWIND TC-45J CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 7800 TIME - 2143 N8794 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DRESS REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSVILLE,IN INDIANAPOLIS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- MAIL FLT.ACFT SLID L DRG TKOF,BECAME AIRBORNE,SETTLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8794
- Reported as
- Westwind TC-45J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dress Regional
N8794Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2013 · Beech TC-45JAirframe modelBeech TC-45JEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.