Beechcraft 58 N18HM

Summary

On 7 December 1982 at about 00:48 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N18HM, operated by Roger C. Hanks, was involved in an accident near Lovington, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 December 1982 at 00:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Lovington, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Lovington (E06)

Coordinates

32.9410, -103.3495

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N18HM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Roger C. Hanks

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lovington → Sante Fe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA055

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE TAKING OFF WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND, THE RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED. WHILE TRYING TO CATCH PAPERS AND HOLD THE DOOR, THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGAN COLLAPSING. BY THIS TIME, THE PILOT DECIDED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING TO ABORT, SO HE CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON THE SAME RUNWAY BY SETTING THE PLANE DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. AS THE SPEED REDUCED, THE RIGHT WING SETTLED AND A PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED AND PENETRATED THE FUSELAGE. NO DISCREPANCY WAS REPORTED CONCERNING THE DOOR LATCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.