- Date
- March 2, 1986, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pascagoula, MS
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4446KBeech D-18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860302004369A
- Case key
- 31582
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he sensed a loss of pwr on one eng after takeoff, just prior to gear retraction. He elected to remove all pwr and land straight ahead on the remaining rwy. The acft went off the end of the rwy and entered a wet grass area. The acft could not be stopped prior to the left wing colliding with a tree. The plt stated that he was uncertain which eng had lost pwr. No reason for the pwr loss could be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4446K
- Reported as
- Beech D-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CA-41
- Airframe hours
- 7,293
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pioneer Areo. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1986 · 194 hours before
- Destination
- MOB · Mobile, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,883 total · 209 in this make and model · 4,066 as pilot in command · 228 in the last 90 days · 131 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 25 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.