- Date
- January 27, 1985, 08:49 local (15:49 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1850SBeech 76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850127019359A
- Case key
- 16630
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Analysis
On Sunday 1/27/85 at approximately 0849 MST, a Beech DUCHESSN1850S, on lease to the university of north dakota crashed after takeoff from the Grand Forks airport, Grand Forks, ND.the student pilot and certified flight instructore were not injured. Two passengers in the back seats received serious injuries. There was no flight plan filed and VMC prevailed. The preliminary investigation revealed that this flight was a training flight in a multi-engine aircraft. The student pilot initiated the flight on runway 34R. At an altitude of approximately 150 ft. above ground level (AGL) the flight instructor simulated an engine failure retarding the left throttle. The student pilot was slow to react to the failure and the airspeed dropped below VMC. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft and attempted to regain flying speed by increasing both engines to fuel power. The instructor was unable to regain airspeed before ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1850S
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME-428
- Airframe hours
- 2,128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1GGD, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of North Dakota
- Registered owner
- Beech Acceptance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 25, 1985 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- GFK · Mark Andrews Int'L, runway 35R, 3,400 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,430 total · 200 in this make and model · 4,700 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 9 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 1 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.