- Date
- July 19, 1988, 16:21 local (20:21 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N136JRBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880719027219A
- Case key
- 14117
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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
1 engine
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Powerplant - surgeCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, the right engine 'surged'. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control of the aircraft, and the aircraft swerved to the right, departed the right side of the runway, struck a ditch and groundlooped, collapsing the left main landing gear. Investigation revealed that the fuel system for the right engine contained water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N136JR
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-318
- Airframe hours
- 12,794
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Rhoades Aviation
- Registered owner
- Roades Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 2, 1988 · 12 hours before
- Destination
- BAK · Columbus, IN
- Airport
- 22G · Lorain County Reg., runway 7, 4,997 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 15 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.