- Date
- June 22, 1983, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Cloud, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6718MBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830622026539A
- Case key
- 12229
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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
Shortly after takeoff, the plt's door came open. He tried to close it, but was unable, so he turned back toward the arpt to land. While making a turn before landing, the eng lost power. Shortly after that, the acft started falling to the right & crashed. An inestigation revealed no reason for the loss of power. The passenger said the door had come open on a previous flt, about 2 wks earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6718M
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-720
- Airframe hours
- 882
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Basler Flight Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1983 · 32 hours before
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- STC · Saint Cloud, runway 23, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,856 total · 9 in this make and model · 1,632 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.