- Date
- November 26, 1985, 19:40 local (Nov 27, 1985, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Worcester, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4WGIsrael Aircraft Industries WW-24
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851126058149A
- Case key
- 30271
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, the flight was normal, upon touchdown the reversers were deployed, pilot had information that braking action was poor and rwy was icy but had been sanded, pilot landed on the left side of the rwy centerline aircraft began to drift further to the left. The left main gear left the rwy causing the acft to be pulled off the rwy, acft departed rwy in total, coming to rest approx. 3000' from the touchdown point. Pilot stated that during descent he & the copilot were late in the application of all the aircraft's antiicing devices, and aircrafts windshield iced over which limited all but a small amount of visibility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4WG
- Reported as
- Israel Aircraft Industries WW-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 200
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-3-10, 7,400 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wyman Gordon Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 28, 1985 · 6,400 hours before
- Departed
- DUL · Dulles, VA
- Destination
- ORH · Worcester, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORH · Worcester, runway 11, 6,999 × 150 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,479 total · 6,709 in this make and model · 9,239 as pilot in command · 138 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.