- Date
- July 6, 1987, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kanab, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N18444Beech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870706031959A
- Case key
- 17262
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The commercial corporate plt had deplaned his passengers and was beginning the second leg of a corp/exec flight. During ground run the plt detected a manifold pressure loss on the left engine. The plt aborted the takeoff and applied heavy braking. The aircraft overran the rnwy, crossed dry drainage ditch and went through the airport boundary fence. The nose gear collapsed in soft sand and the propellers contacted the terrain. A post crash fire in the left main brake was extinguished by the plt. A post accident inspection revealed evidence that the left engine exhaust system had separated from the turbocharger inlet during acceleration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18444
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-439
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Waitt-Rufenacht Commedities
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1987 · 64 hours before
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- KNB · Kanab Muni, runway 19, 6,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,408 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,308 as pilot in command · 146 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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