- Date
- November 12, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N925JBeech BE18H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861112056059A
- Case key
- 30555
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - assemblyCause
Landing gear,main gear - fatigue
Landing gear,main gear - previous damageCause
Analysis
The aircraft suffered a right landing gear leg breakage due to a fracture in the area where the fork assembly separated during landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925J
- Reported as
- Beech BE18H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-642
- Airframe hours
- 10,537
- Engine
- P&W R-985 SERIES, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ace Air Cargo Express,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ace Air Cargo Express, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- LUC · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- PIT · Pittsburgh, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PIT · Pittsburgh, runway 28, 10,500 × 150 ft, concrete
N925JRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Beech H-18Airframe modelBeech H-18Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,030 total · 115 in this make and model · 7,209 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.