Titusville Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Titusville, Pennsylvania 06354
Monday, September 24, 1984 8:20 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/24/1984
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 820
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City TITUSVILLE
Event State PENNSYLVANIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 06354
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport TITUSVILLE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 6G1
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 1599
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Witness
Time of the weather observation 830
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 900
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Thin Broken
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 2
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -18
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 1
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) 0
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 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2774
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 26717
Date of most recent change to record Dec 18 2002 11:28AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\GIUV
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N72053
NTSB Number NYC84LA321
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model 58F
Aircraft Series Identifier 58F
Aircraft Serial Number TJ-459
Certified Max Gross Weight 6200
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 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection 70
Airframe Hours 70
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name HAMBURG AERO LEASING
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 6
Aircraft Owner City HAMBURG
Aircraft Owner State NY
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 14075
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name BAILEY LUMBER
Operator Same as Owner? No
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
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BUF
Departure City BUFFALO
Departure State NY
Departure Country
Departure Time 720
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code OPN9
Destination City TITUSVILLE
Destination State PA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 18
Runway Length 4900
Runway Width 74
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --