- Date
- September 24, 1990, 02:38 local (08:38 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N450GBeech C-45H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900924042169A
- Case key
- 41288
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during a takeoff in strong crosswind conditions.
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
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped Beech C-45G lost directional control of the aircraft during a takeoff with strong left crosswinds. He stated that he had attempted to use differential power to keep the aircraft straight after it started to drift off the runway to the left. The aircraft went off the right side of the runway when he aborted the takeoff attempt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N450G
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Majestic Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- TWF
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TWF · Twin Falls, runway 25, 8,703 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 14,200 total · 650 in this make and model · 7,050 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.