- Date
- May 11, 1979
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA · BEAVER FALLS, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3787BBeech 18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790511008609A
- Case key
- 136126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1013 79/5/11 BEAVER FALLS,PA BEECH 18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2010 N3787B PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO 54, 6885 TOTAL HOURS, 250 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINSVILLE,GA BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- DIRECT CROSSWIND GUSTS OF 20 KTS.VERTICAL STABILIZERS,RUDDERS DAMAGED, TAIL WHEEL TORN OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3787B
- Reported as
- Beech 18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beaver County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.