- Date
- November 6, 1982, 08:39 local (15:39 UTC)
- Place
- Cut Bank, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4253DBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821106057079A
- Case key
- 70388
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.
Analysis
The pilot started to takeoff on runway 31 with a wind from 270 deg at 20 KTS. During the takeoff roll, the aircraft veered and went off the left side of the runway. The pilot stated that after about 400 to 500 ft in the takeoff roll, the "plane veered right and left runway." In a subsequent telephone interview, he said that during the takeoff roll, he felt the airplane "skip" slightly to the right and felt the right wing drop. Reportedly, he then rejected the takeoff, the right main gear collapsed, the aircraft weathervaned into the wind and departed the runway. The braze assembly rod on the right main gear was found to be bent from a side overload. A mechanic reported that there was apparently no previous damage to the rod.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4253D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4470
- Airframe hours
- 36,939
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert D. Goss
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Goss
- Departed
- CTB · Cut Bank, MT
- Destination
- C · Lethbridge Albe
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CTB · Cut Bank Municipal, runway 31, 5,985 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 350 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.