# NTSB NYC84LA321: Beech 58F, N72053, Titusville, PA, September 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1984, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, PA
- Location: 41.6088° N, 79.7413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TITUSVILLE (6G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6088&lon=-79.7413&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA321
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA321

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing
  - airport facilities,instrument approach lights - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech 58F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TJ-459
- Airframe hours: 70
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840924075049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840924075049A), Sep 24, 1984: Beech 58P, Titusville, PA, Destroyed. Wind blew aircraft to side of runway while aircraft still airborne. Wing struck embankment, burned after stopping.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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