- Date
- January 17, 1978
- Place
- Clarksburg, WV · CLARKSBURG, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1924TBeech B99A
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780117001699A
- Case key
- 143607
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0050 78/1/17 CLARKSBURG,WV BEECH B99A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1606 N1924T PX- 0 0 11 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 26, 4850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 3400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENEDUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKSBURG,WV PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CO-PILOT STATED ACFT ENTERED NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1924T
- Reported as
- Beech B99A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benedum
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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.