- Date
- January 14, 1985, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N135WBeech H-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850114039679I
- Case key
- 12908
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was rotated prematurely and stalled back onto the rwy. The acft was on rwy 24L and the wind was 240 degrees at 17 KTS gusting to 24 KTS. There was slight damage to the landing gear & flaps
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135W
- Reported as
- Beech H-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-643
- Airframe hours
- 10,373
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ace Air Cargo Express, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 12, 1984 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DAY · Cox Int'L, runway 24L, 7,000 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,801 total · 21 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 17 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY
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 N135W · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.