Beechcraft BE60 N821BE

Summary

On 16 May 1983 at about 16:10 local time, a Beechcraft BE60 registered N821BE was involved in an accident near Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 May 1983 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE60

Registration

N821BE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Farmingdale → Indianapolis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83FA115

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 WAS STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED DURING RECOVERY FROM A DESCENDING RIGHT SPIRAL THAT OCCURRED AS THE FLT PASSED THRU FLT LEVEL 190. AS THE PLT RECVD FROM THE DESCENDING SPIRAL THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD AILERON HINGE RIVETS WERE SHEARED. THE ALTITUDE DEVIATION OCCURRED IN IMC WEATHER. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH ATC. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO JFK APRT FOR A VFR LANDING. THE FLT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT AS THE ACFT CLIMBED THROUGH 19000FT AT 100 KTS A LOUD BANK WAS HEARD AND THE ACFT STARTED SHAKING. THE PLT DISENGAGED THE AUTOPLT AND LOWERED THE NOSE. HE STATED THE ACFT ENTERED A RIGHT DESCENDING SPIRAL. HE COULD NOT MOVE THE AILERON AND RECOVERED WITH RUDDER AND ELEVATOR. THE RIGHT AILERON ROD AND HINGES WERE EXAMINED AND THE FAILURES WERE FOUND TO BE SHEAR FROM DUCTILE OVERLOAD. THE FAILED RIVETS MET SPECIFICATIONS FOR HARDNESS TESTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.