- Date
- March 22, 1984, 22:18 local (Mar 23, 1984, 03:18 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9823QSmith, Ted Aerostar 600
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840322008519A
- Case key
- 12568
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Light condition - dark night
Airport facilities,taxiway condition - inadequateCause
Other airport/runway maintenance - not maintainedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The taxiway collapsed under the acft as the plt prepared for takeoff. The asphalt surface gave way due to sub-surface erosion and a four ft hole resulted. The acfts left main gear was sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9823Q
- Reported as
- Smith, Ted Aerostar 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-0466-154
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1F5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Federal Armored Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- MKG · Musegan, MI
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City
N9823QRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2004 · Smith AEROSTAR 600Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 600Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,392 total · 237 in this make and model · 3,278 as pilot in command · 202 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.