- Date
- May 11, 1984, 05:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N561SBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840511024719A
- Case key
- 12604
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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
The acft crashed after takeoff from rwy 29 at williamson county airport. The plt stated that she mismanaged the fuel system & that she 'probably tookoff on fumes.' She further stated that she should have told the company 'I'm to tired to make this flt.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N561S
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-46
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- St. Louis Flight System Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MWA · Marion, IL
- Destination
- CGI · Cape Girardeau, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDH, 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.
Other investigations on N561S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.