- Date
- May 18, 1993, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Destin, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4579WRockwell 112TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930518014159A
- Case key
- 33268
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to abort the takeoff roll, resulting in an on-ground loss of control, and on-ground collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the nose wheel steering cable.
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 commercial pilot stated that on takeoff roll from runway 32, at about 60 knots and after traveling about 1,500 feet down the runway, the airplane swerved to the right departing the runway. The pilot stated he regained control of the airplane and continued the takeoff roll. The airplane traveled about another 1,000 feet and swerved to the right departing the runway, crossed a ditch, became airborne, collided with the ground, separated the nose gear, damaged the left wing, fuselage, and came to a complete stop. The pilot stated that he did not attempt to abort the takeoff roll due to being at rotation airspeed when the airplane initially swerved to the right. Examination of the airplane by an a & p mechanic revealed the left nose wheel steering cable was hanging down from the landing gear trunion area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4579W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13069
- Airframe hours
- 1,251
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIA6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adamyk, Emil
- Registered owner
- Adamyk, Emil
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1992 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 81J
- Destination
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Airport
- 81J · Destin/Ft. Walton Beach, runway 32, 5,000 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,891 total · 62 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at
- PFN, 22 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.