- Date
- March 10, 1986, 20:06 local (Mar 11, 1986, 04:06 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N926TBeech 18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860310006419A
- Case key
- 40366
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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
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot lost control of the aircraft on takeoff and a subsequent groundloop occurred. Although the pilot has a DC-3 type rating, he had only 20 hours in this aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N926T
- Reported as
- Beech 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA711
- Airframe hours
- 3,074
- Engine
- P&W PT6-27, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Methow Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SEA · Seattle-Tacoma Inter'L, runway 16, 11,900 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,178 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,008 as pilot in command · 203 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.