# NTSB CHI82DA077: Smith Aerostar 600, N9530Q, Elyria, OH, March 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1982, 05:45 local (10:45 UTC)
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Coordinates: 41.370006, -82.10054 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3700&lon=-82.1005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70590
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70590/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA077

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF ON AN ICY RUNWAY, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER ROLLING A FEW HUNDRED FEET. HE REPORTED THAT THE PLANE WAS SLIDING LEFT AND WAS BELOW VMC, SO HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES. THE PLANE STRUCK A SNOWBANK BESIDE THE RUNWAY AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9530Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9530Q-2013-05-24), registration cancelled 2013-05-24, S/N 60-0359-128, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH AEROSTAR 600
- Registry model: [Smith AEROSTAR 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (registry code 8360602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60 0359 128
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-GIB5 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Air Continental Inc.
- Registered owner: Air Continental Inc.
- Departed: 22G, ELYRIA, OH
- Destination: PRYTOW, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 22G, Lorain County, runway 5, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,750 total, 305 in this make and model, 2,580 as pilot in command, 158 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820304014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820304014119A), Mar 4, 1982: Piper PA60600, Elyria, OH, Substantial damage. Attemtped crosswind takeoff on icy runway. Began sliding sideways. Aborted takeoff. Slid into snowbank.

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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