Beechcraft 65-A90 N7377
8 April 1982 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 April 1982 at about 04:05 local time, a Beechcraft 65-A90 registered N7377, operated by N.w. Financial Corp., was involved in an accident near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Smith Reynolds (INT)
- Coordinates
- 36.1304, -80.2795
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 65-A90
- Registration
- N7377
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- N.w. Financial Corp.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lynchburg → Winston
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- ATL82DA096
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
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
BEFORE LANDING, THE PILOT WAS ADVISED BY APPROACH CONTROL THAT BOEING 737 TRAINING WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON RUNWAY 33. THE PILOT AGREED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 33. THE AIRCREWS CONDUCTING 737 TRAINING WERE SO ADVISED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH SHORTLY AFTER THE TOWER CLOSED AT 2300 EST. THE PILOT DID NOT SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, BUT AT FIRST, HE THOUGHT THEY WERE SET ON LOW INTENSITY AND COULD NOT BE SEEN WITH HANGAR AND RAMP LIGHTS IN THE BACKGROUND. AT 150 TO 200 FT AGL, HE SAW THE RUNWAY WHEN IT WAS ILLUMINATED BY HIS LANDING LIGHTS AND REALIZED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. QUICKLY, HE DECIDED TO LAND RATHER THAN GO-AROUND AND CONFLICT WITH THE TRAFFIC USING RUNWAY 33. SHORTLY AFTER REACHING FOR THE THROTTLES TO REDUCE POWER TO IDLE AND LAND, THE PLANE STALLED FROM 20 TO 50 FT AGL AND LANDED HARD. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE PROPELLER CONTROLS TO THE REVERSE PITCH POSITION. THE PILOT HAD BEEN ON DUTY SINCE HIS FIRST TAKEOFF AT 0600.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 1982 | Beechcraft 65 | Andros Is, Bahamas | Desarrollo N.y. Panamanian COR | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 1982 | Beechcraft 65-B80 | Missing Acft, Bahamas | James Valentine | Fatal | 3 |
| 26 Mar 1982 | Beechcraft 65-88 | Kalamazo, Michigan, United States | Basler Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 1982 | Beechcraft 65-A90 | Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States | Dowling BAG Co. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 1982 | Beechcraft 65-90 | Wichita, Kansas, United States | Midwest Piper Flight, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 1981 | Beechcraft 65-80 | Gerlach, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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