Cessna 402C N115EA

Summary

On 27 December 1984 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N115EA was involved in an accident near Troy, Michigan, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 December 1984 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Troy, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Oaklano-Troy (7D2)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N115EA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Troy → Pikeville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI85LA077

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB FROM RWY 27 AT OAKLAND-TROY AIRPORT, TROY,MI, WHILE ON A CORPORATE FLT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT APPROX 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT THE ARPT DURING THE DAY & THE SNOW HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RWY THAT EVENING. A WITNESS REPORTED THERE WAS 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE RWY & IT WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT 'SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT YAWED, THEN VEERED RIGHT. UPON CORRECTING THIS CONDITION LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.' WHEN THE RIGHT ENG WAS TESTED A SMALL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT THE AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE LEFT ENG WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE & COULD NOT BE TESTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.