- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Place
- Latrobe, PA · LATROBE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N342TBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137583
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0663 79/2/23 LATROBE,PA BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2340 N342T PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 44, 2700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LATROBE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WV LATROBE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- PILOT ADDED PWR TO ABORT LANDING. ASYMMETRICAL PWR. WIND GUSTING 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342T
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Latrobe
N342TRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2004 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.
Other investigations on N342T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA83FA063Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportNaples, FLThe acft departed the right side of the runway and the right gear separated from the acft. Examination of the fracture surface revealed no evidence of fatigue or other type of slow growth cracking.NTSB IAD78FA023Accident · No injuriesClosedCovington, KY