- Date
- August 28, 1985, 12:07 local (16:07 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9990RBeech G18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35957
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Main gear collapsed
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
While taking off with a left x-wind, the acft began to veer to the left. The plt corrected by using differential power & right brake, but the acft continued to veer left & went off the rwy. Subsequently, the right main gear collapsed & the acft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9990R
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-534
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Executive Aviation
- Registered owner
- Executive Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 12, 1985 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- MBS · Saginaw, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EWR · Newark Intl, runway 4L, 8,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,842 total · 95 in this make and model · 2,598 as pilot in command · 156 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWR, 1 nm away