- Date
- March 11, 1981
- Place
- Hazelton, PA · HAZELTON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N161SPBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810311009129A
- Case key
- 127318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0260 81/3/11 HAZELTON,PA BEECH H18 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1017 N161SP PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 3306 TOTAL HOURS, 505 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZELTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAZELTON,PA READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SNOW ON WINGS.PLACED FLAPS FULL DOWN DRG ABORT.ROLLED OFF INTO 14FT GULLEY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N161SP
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hazelton Muni
N161SPRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2012 · Beech H-18Airframe modelBeech H-18Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.