# NTSB MKC88LA111: Aero Commander 685, N165SE, Scranton, AR, June 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1988, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Scranton, AR
- Coordinates: 35.359561, -93.530387 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3596&lon=-93.5304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34588/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA111

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A 2400 FOOT SOD STRIP, THE PIC SAID THE ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE, ALTHOUGH BOTH ENGINES WERE DELIVERING TAKEOFF POWER AND RPM, AND LIFTOFF SPEEDS WERE PROPER. THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND CAREENED OFF ON TO THE OVERRUN SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE ACFT.  THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY REPORTED NORTH WINDS. THE TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED TO THE SOUTH. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO IRREGULARITIES IN THE POWERPLANTS OR FUEL SYSTEMS. A CHECK OF THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS MADE AND IT WAS WITHIN TOLERANCE LIMITS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N165SE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N165SE-2019-05-06), registration cancelled 2019-05-06, S/N 12003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 685
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 685](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-685) (registry code 0141612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12003
- Airframe hours: 2667
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520K 435 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: C.W. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 16, 1987, 150 hours before
- Departed: SCRANTON, AR
- Destination: CLARKSVILLE, AR
- Airport: Rogers Landing, runway 12, 2,400 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 13,560 total, 820 in this make and model, 13,185 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FSM, 40 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880616022049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880616022049A), Jun 16, 1988: Gulstm 685, Scranton, AR, Substantial damage. Unable to sustain flight after liftoff on a downwind takeoff. Settled and ran off runway. Possible windshear.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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