- Date
- October 21, 1987, 22:05 local (Oct 22, 1987, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N781ABeech C45G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871021076189A
- Case key
- 17409
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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
While conducting the last landing at the completion of a revenue freight hauling flt the acft departed the side of the runway separating the left main landing gear and damaging the left wing and number one engine. The plt stated that the landing lights would not work and left brake did not function. Post-accident examination of the acft revealed no discrepancies in these areas. The acft sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N781A
- Reported as
- Beech C45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF-417
- Airframe hours
- 6,047
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Majestic Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1987 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City, runway 34R, 9,596 × 150 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,395 total · 235 in this make and model · 4,182 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.