- Date
- September 8, 1980
- Place
- Abilene, TX · ABILENE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N315WNBeech C-45G
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800908040799A
- Case key
- 129395
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1812 80/9/8 ABILENE,TX BEECH C-45G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0154 N315WN PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 28, 1589 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 391 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABILENE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABILENE,TX MIDLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 76 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 20K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N315WN
- Reported as
- Beech C-45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Abilene Muni
N315WNRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Beech C-45GAirframe modelBeech C-45GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.