# NTSB DEN88LA013: Beech C45G, N781A, Salt Lake City, UT, October 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1987, 22:05 local (Oct 22, 1987, 04:05 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17409
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17409/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA013

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N781A-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N AF-417 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45G
- Registry model: [Beech C-45G](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45g) (registry code 1151014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AF-417
- Airframe hours: 6047
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871021076189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871021076189A), Oct 21, 1987: Beech C45G, Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. Veered off the runway on landing. Entered soft ground and sheared the right main gear. Blamed brakes. No defects.

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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