- Date
- February 13, 1985, 22:00 local (Feb 14, 1985, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Mary'S, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2019UBeech G90
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850213064069A
- Case key
- 35798
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed during a log DME approach. According to ATC the acft crashed after making a procedure turn at the faf. The winds in the area were being called 250 degrees at 10 KTS gusting to 28 knts. A caution on the apch plate has a remark,-'precipitious terrain-expect turbulence.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2019U
- Reported as
- Beech G90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-792
- Airframe hours
- 2,930
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-21, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Beechwoods Air Service
- Registered owner
- Hepburnia Coal Sales Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 30, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- DUJ · Dubois, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 8G5 · St. Marys, runway 28, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFD, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.