# NTSB FTW84MA076: Beech B100, N1910L, Midland, TX, November 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Major investigation · Final report
- Date: November 26, 1983, 01:53 local (07:53 UTC)
- Place: Midland, TX
- Coordinates: 31.990541, -102.080032 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9905&lon=-102.0800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21493
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84MA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21493/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84MA076

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE COMPLETING A CHARTER FLT THAT BEGAN AT 1220 CST ON 11/25/83 TO TRANSPORT A TV SPORTS FILM CREW. THE FLT BEGAN AT MIDLAND, TX & PROCEEDED TO FORT WORTH & WICHITA FALLS, TX, THEN BEGAN A RETURN FLT TO MIDLAND. DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT TRANSMITTED THAT HE WAS TURNING ON A 1/2 MI FINAL APCH FOR RWY 16R. WITNESSES OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL APPROACH, BUT AT 30 TO 50 FT AGL, THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND, THE ACFT PITCHED UP IN AN EXTREMELY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, THEN ENTERED A LEFT BANK, STALLED & CRASHED. TO DUPLICATE THE ACFT'S OBSERVED PROFILE, SIMULATION TESTS SHOWED FULL AFT YOKE PRESSURE HAD TO HAVE BEEN APPLIED WITH FULL NOSE-UP TRIM ENGAGED THRU-OUT THE MANEUVER. NO PREEXISTING MECHANICAL DEFECTS WERE FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. A TEST OF THE RGT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S BLOOD SHOWED A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .144%. A TEST OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, BUT A MICROSCOPIC TISSUE EXAM SHOWED CHANGES POSSIBLY INDICATIVE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NO CAUSE OF AN INFARCTION WAS CONCLUSIVELY ESTABLISHED

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - light condition - dark night
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1910L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1910L-1989-11-15), registration cancelled 1989-11-15, S/N BE10 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B100
- Registry model: [Beech B100](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (registry code 1152919) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BE-10
- Airframe hours: 2214
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE-331-6 715 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Texas Western Aviation
- Registered owner: Richard S. Gaddy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 25, 1983, 79 hours before
- Departed: FTW, FORT WORTH, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MAF, Regional, runway 16R, 9,501 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 4,000 total, 69 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MAF

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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