- Date
- January 30, 1984, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N63ZSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19840130002879A
- Case key
- 15804
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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
After taking off from rwy 23, the acft crashed ssw of the arpt about 6300 ft from the departure end of the rwy & about 1800 ft to the left of the rwy centerline. Impact occurred while the acft was in a steep descent. The wreckage path was scattered along a heading of 035 deg from the initial impact point. The acft was demolished by impact & fire & no preimpact part failure or malfunction was found that would have caused the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63Z
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-240
- Airframe hours
- 10,607
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 18, 1984 · 568 hours before
- Departed
- HUF
- Destination
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HUF · Hulman Regional, runway 23, 9,020 × 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
- 64
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,189 total · 1,501 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 2 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.