- Date
- August 30, 1982, 23:30 local (Aug 31, 1982, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38RMBeech G18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820830043639A
- Case key
- 70226
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During takeoff on runway 13R, the aircraft swerved to the left just as it obtained tailwheel lift-off speed. The aircraft then struck a dirt bank and was damaged. Both the pilot and the aircraft operator stated that the left main tire lost pressure, but they were not able to determine why. According to the 2330 weather report, the wind was from 040 deg at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38RM
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-547
- Airframe hours
- 10,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985-A14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Viking Express Inc
- Registered owner
- Viking Express Inc
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- CVG · Cincinati, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MDW · Midway, runway 13R, 6,519 × 175 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 12,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW
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 N38RM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.