Beechcraft 58F N72053
24 September 1984 · Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 September 1984 at about 12:20 local time, a Beechcraft 58F registered N72053, operated by Bailey Lumber, was involved in an accident near Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Titusville (6G1)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 58F
- Registration
- N72053
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Bailey Lumber
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Buffalo → Titusville
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC84LA321
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
PLT STATED THAT DURING FINAL APPROACH WITH A RIGHT QUARTERING CROSSWIND, THE ACFT PASSED AN OPENING IN THE TREES TO THE RIGHT (FORMER INTERSECTING RUNWAY) AND THE SUDDEN INCREASE IN CROSSWIND COMPONENT CAUSED THE ACFT TO DRIFT LEFT. PLT STATED HE ELECTED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND BUT BEFORE POWER COULD BE APPLIED, THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A DIRT EMBANKMENT PARALLELING THE RUNWAY. PLT CLOSED THE THROTTLES AND ALLOWED THE ACFT TO CRASH LAND BESIDE THE RUNWAY. LNGD GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO ACFT ATTITUDE (YAW) AND ROUGH TERRAIN. A SMALL FIRE FROM SHORTED WIRING IN THE LEFT WING TIP STROBE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY HAND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 58 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 1984 | Beechcraft 58TC | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Nov 1984 | Beechcraft 58 | Hayward, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1984 | Beechcraft 58 E | Sumter, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 1984 | Beechcraft 58P | Beeville, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Jul 1984 | Beechcraft 58 | Oneonta, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1984 | Beechcraft 58 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Miller M. Cooper | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 1984 | Bliss Corbin BABY ACE CM-1 | Emporium, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1984 | Hiller UH-12E | Sigel, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1984 | Bell 47G-5 | Penn Run, Pennsylvania, United States | GG AG Service, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1984 | Teratorn II | Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 1984 | Piper PA-28-140 | South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 1984 | Taylorcraft BL-65 | Conyngham, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |