Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Redwater, Texas 75573
Friday, April 4, 1986 19:22 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AIRPLANE CRASHED DURING A UNCONTROLLED DESCENT, FOLLOWING A TURBULENCE UPSET AT FL370. THE UPSET OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF CLR AIR TURB ASSOCIATED WITH A VIP LVL 6 THUNDERSTORM LOCATED WITHIN 7 MILES OF THE LAST POS OF THE AIRPLANE. AFTER THE UPSET, THE AIRPLANE PENETRATED AND DESCENDED THRU THE CELL WHICH CONTAINED LIGHTNING, EXTREME TURB AND SEVERE ICING. DURING THE UPSET/DESCENT BOTH ENG'S FLAMED OUT AND THE CREW'S ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER THE AIRPLANE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO CONDITIONS IN THE CELL. CREW RECV'D AN IMPROPER BRIEFING FROM FSS AND RPT'D THEIR RADAR WAS MALFUNCTIONING TO THE DEP CONTROLLER. SIGMET AND AWW INFO WAS NOT GIVEN DURING THE BRIEFING. AS THE AIRPLANE CAME OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CELL AT 4,000', THE CREW OVERSTRESSED THE AIRPLANE CAUSING THE LFT MLG DOOR TO SEPARATE AND HIT THE LFT HORZ STAB WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY SEPARATED IN OVERLOAD. IMPACT WAS 82 DEGREES NOSE DOWN. NATURE OF THE AIRPLANE RADAR MALF COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/4/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1922 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | REDWATER |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 75573 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Partial - limited by briefer |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1926 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 42 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | TXK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 12 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 60 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Heavy |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 7 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 7 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 198 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 4 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2014 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 30068 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 10 2001 4:45AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N50SK |
| NTSB Number | FTW86MA058 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | Ground |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Israel Aircraft Industries |
| Aircraft Model | 1124A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 1124A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 309 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 23500 |
| 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 | 8 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 7 1986 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 45 |
| Airframe Hours | 2745 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | DRAYTON ASSOCIATES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 666 3RD AVE. |
| Aircraft Owner City | NEW YORK |
| Aircraft Owner State | NY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 10017 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | SINGER CORP. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 120 BILLY DIEHL ROAD |
| Operator City | TETERBORO |
| Operator State | NJ |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 07608 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| 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 | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | RDB |
| Departure City | DALLAS |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | TEB |
| Destination City | TETERBORO |
| Destination State | NJ |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 10 2001 4:00AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |