- Date
- June 6, 1983, 22:50 local (Jun 7, 1983, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5BABeech G18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830606026299A
- Case key
- 30895
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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 plt reported that during the landing roll, while rolling on all 3 gear, the tailwheel failed & steered sideways causing the acft to veer off the rwy. An investigation revealed the tailwheel truss axle had failed. A further inspection revealed that 50% of the fracture surface was rusted. Additionally, the acft had received a phase 3 inspection under the companies progressive maintenance program, 26 flt hrs prior to the accident. This phase inspection called for inspection & retract testing of the landing gear sys. Company personnel stated that inspection of the truss axle was not accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5BA
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-614
- Airframe hours
- 8,745
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bo-S-Aire Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- Shirley J. Bowman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 21, 1983 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville, runway 7, 8,000 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 400 in this make and model · 4,040 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5BA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.