- Date
- October 11, 1985, 09:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Wooster, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N59EPCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851011051399A
- Case key
- 13371
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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 plt stated that the right eng manifold pressure decreased to 22 inches just after liftoff. He aborted the takeoff and put the acft back on the rwy. The acft ran off the end of the rwy, crossed a road and hit a ditch shearing the landing gear. Post accident inspection and functional testing of the right eng by the NTSB revealed no defects and the eng operated normally on the test stand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59EP
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C1011
- Airframe hours
- 1,255
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-N, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. A. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1985 · 42 hours before
- Destination
- APF · Naples, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BJJ · Wayne County, runway 9, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,136 total · 508 in this make and model · 5,978 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 26 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.