Beechcraft D18S N25Q

Summary

On 25 September 1985 at about 09:37 local time, a Beechcraft D18S registered N25Q, operated by Transtar Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Huntington, West Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 September 1985 at 09:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Tri State Walker Long Fld (HTS)

Coordinates

38.3496, -81.6309

Aircraft

Beechcraft D18S

Registration

N25Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Transtar Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Indianapolis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL85FA283

1 person died.

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 CONTACTED THE TERRAIN WITH THE LEFT WING TIP, CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED DURING AN ILS RWY 12 APCH AT HUNTINGTON (HTS). MINIMUM APCH VISIBILITY FOR THE ILS IS 3/4 OF A MILE. WHILE EN ROUTE THE PLT WAS INFORMED THE HTS VISIBILITY WAS 1/8 OF A MILE. A MISSED APCH WAS PERFORMED ON THE FIRST ILS. DURING THE MISSED APCH CLIMB THE TRANSPONDER CODE IN THE ACFT WAS CHANGED TO 7600. RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT AFTER THE 2ND ILS APCH, THE ACFT MADE A CLIMBING LEFT TURN. WHEN APRX 2 MILES SE OF THE ARPT, AT 2100 FT, THE ACFT MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN. THE RADAR TARGET DISAPPEARED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE TERRAIN ON A HEADING OF 260 DEGS BETWEEN RWY 30 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.