- Date
- March 11, 1984, 01:10 local (06:10 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N642DHBeech BE-90
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840311006889A
- Case key
- 12558
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While taking off on rwy 27L, the acft contacted a ridge of snow at the intersection of rwy 14, where rwy 14 had been plowed. After striking the snow, the acft drifted to the right & the plt noted a reduction of power from the right eng. The right main gear then went into deeper snow which accelerated the right turn. Subsequently, the nose gear encountered an ice covered drift off the right side of the rwy & collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N642DH
- Reported as
- Beech BE-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-420
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Diamond Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 3, 1984
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OSU · Ohio State University, runway 27L, 5,000 × 100 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
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,590 total · 5,340 in this make and model · 6,340 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 11 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.