- Date
- September 24, 1984, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72053Beech 58F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840924075049A
- Case key
- 35772
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Analysis
Plt stated that during final approach with a right quartering crosswind, the acft passed an opening in the trees to the right (former intersecting runway) and the sudden increase in crosswind component caused the acft to drift left. Plt stated he elected to make a go-around but before power could be applied, the left wing tip struck a dirt embankment paralleling the runway. Plt closed the throttles and allowed the acft to crash land beside the runway. Lngd gear collapsed on touchdown due to acft attitude (yaw) and rough terrain. A small fire from shorted wiring in the left wing tip strobe was extinguished by hand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72053
- Reported as
- Beech 58F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-459
- Airframe hours
- 70
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-WB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bailey Lumber
- Registered owner
- Hamburg Aero Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BUF · Buffalo, NY
- Destination
- OPN9 · Titusville, PA
- Airport
- 6G1 · Titusville, runway 18, 4,900 × 74 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,552 total · 49 in this make and model · 2,409 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 1
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.