- Date
- February 7, 1979
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N186MWCessna 500
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790207002519A
- Case key
- 137820
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0162 79/2/7 BOSTON,MA CESSNA 500 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2136 N186MW PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 49, 7780 TOTAL HOURS, 742 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - LOW CEILING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 19 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ENCOUNTERED BLOWING SNOW ON TAKE-OFF. HIT TAXIWAY SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N186MW
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.