Salt Lake City Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Salt Lake City, Utah 84125
Wednesday, October 21, 1987 22:05 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WHILE CONDUCTING THE LAST LANDING AT THE COMPLETION OF A REVENUE FREIGHT HAULING FLT THE ACFT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SEPARATING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AND NUMBER ONE ENGINE. THE PLT STATED THAT THE LANDING LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK AND LEFT BRAKE DID NOT FUNCTION. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES IN THESE AREAS. THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/21/1987
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 2205
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City SALT LAKE CITY
Event State UTAH
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 84125
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport SALT LAKE CITY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID SLC
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 4227
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2150 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID SLC
Elevation of weather observation facility 4227
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 8
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 140
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 4000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1318
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 22 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1843
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34675
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:54PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N781A
NTSB Number DEN88LA013
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model C45G
Aircraft Series Identifier C45G
Aircraft Serial Number AF-417
Certified Max Gross Weight 9800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection May 5 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 51
Airframe Hours 6047
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MAJESTIC AIRLINES, INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOX 22242
Aircraft Owner City SALT LAKE CITY
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84112
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code MAJA
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Cargo
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PIH
Departure City POCATELLO
Departure State ID
Departure Country
Departure Time 2000
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code SLC
Destination City SALT LAKE CITY
Destination State UT
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 34R
Runway Length 9596
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --