- Date
- May 17, 1986, 23:30 local (May 18, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N414NYCessna 414A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860517083469A
- Case key
- 30187
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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
During tkf gnd run, at a speed of 95 KTS, the plt pulled the control wheel back to lift off. The control wheel, according to the plt, would not go back more than about 2 inches; which is less than half the normal full aft travel. The acft reached a speed of about 105 KTS and had traveled more than half of the rwy length when the plt aborted the tkf. The plt was unable to stop the acft on the rwy. The acft went off the runway and subsequently collided with an occupied car that was on a nearby street. The investigation revealed the leftside VOR ind had loosened from its mounting clamp on the instrument panel and it was laying against the control wheel tube, behind the instrument panel, limiting the control wheel to 2.5 inches of rearward travel. The plt stated that he removed the control lock before engine start and performed a flight control check before tkf.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414NY
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0242
- Airframe hours
- 2,054
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- East Coast Airways,Ltd
- Registered owner
- Islip Airco Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 21, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- A1Y · Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- A1Y · Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport
- A1Y · Bader Field, runway 22, 2,594 × 100 ft, 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,010 total · 76 in this make and model · 3,757 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 8 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.