- Date
- March 16, 1983, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N999STGulfstream Commander 695
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830316008389A
- Case key
- 20838
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after beginning the takeoff roll, the acft's right main gear ran off the right edge of the runway into soft wet grass. The soft ground appeared to cause the airplane to continue right and off the runway with takeoff power still applied. The acft continued rolling thru the grass, parallel to the runway, collapsing the nose gear, running over a rwy light and crossing another runway. The aircraft decelerated and came to a stop in the grass. The takeoff rwy is 50 feet wide and the distance between the main landing gear of the accident acft is 15 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999ST
- Reported as
- Gulfstream Commander 695 (COMMANDER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 95080
- Airframe hours
- 430
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331-10, 733 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stewart Title Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 1, 1982 · 96 hours before
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AAP · Andrau, runway 16, 4,750 × 50 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,148 total · 326 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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