- Date
- April 15, 1992, 17:40 local (Apr 16, 1992, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Eloy, AZ
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N711DNBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920415010089A
- Case key
- 27599
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control and to properly compensate for the unfavorable wind conditions encountered during the takeoff ground run. Contributing to the accident was the unforecasted dust devil weather phenomena.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The Beech E18S ground looped during the takeoff ground run. The pilot stated that before lift off the airplane encountered a 'dust devil.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711DN
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA43
- Airframe hours
- 15,449
- Engine
- P&W PT6-27, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hill, Lawrence E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 8, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- E60 · Eloy Municipal, runway 2, 3,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGZ, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.