# NTSB DEN83LA013: Beech G35, N4253D, Cut Bank, MT, November 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1982, 08:39 local (15:39 UTC)
- Place: Cut Bank, MT
- Coordinates: 48.650753, -112.839279 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6508&lon=-112.8393&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, takeoff
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4253D), registered now, S/N D-4470 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Registry model: [Beech G35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (registry code 1151516) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D4470
- Airframe hours: 36939
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821106057079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821106057079A), Nov 6, 1982: Beech G35, Cut Bank, MT, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on crosswind takeoff. Aircraft skipped off and weathervaned. Side load collapsed right gear

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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