- Date
- November 29, 1984, 19:05 local (Nov 30, 1984, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1014TFairchild Swearingen SA 227
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40070
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Analysis
The aircraft's landing gear collapsed after the plane went off the right side of runway 23 during takeoff. Reportedly, the aircraft drifted to the right of centerline on a fairly constant arc until contacting a snow berm at a taxiway intersection. An investigation revealed that the takeoff was being conducted at night with a partially obscured windshield. Visibility was one mile with fog and falling snow, and the wind was from 150 degrees at 11 knots. The runway was covered with about 1/4 inch of snow. The copilot's duties required him to scan 'inside' the cockpit, while he 'fine tuned' the power settings and checked engine instruments during the takeoff roll. No pre-accident part failure or malfunction of the aircraft was found during the investigation.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1014T
- Reported as
- Fairchild Swearingen SA 227
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC 432
- Airframe hours
- 6,649
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cascade Airways, doing business as Spokane Int'L Airport
- Registered owner
- Houston Acft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LWS
- Destination
- Lewiston, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PUW · Pullman-Moscow, runway 23, 6,731 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 540 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW
Other investigations on N1014T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.