Israel WW-24 N4WG

Summary

On 27 November 1985 at about 00:40 local time, a Israel WW-24 registered N4WG was involved in an accident near Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 November 1985 at 00:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Worcester (ORH)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Israel WW-24

Registration

N4WG

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dulles → Worcester

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC86LA042

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL, UPON TOUCHDOWN THE REVERSERS WERE DEPLOYED, PILOT HAD INFORMATION THAT BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR AND RWY WAS ICY BUT HAD BEEN SANDED, PILOT LANDED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY CENTERLINE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT FURTHER TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEFT THE RWY CAUSING THE ACFT TO BE PULLED OFF THE RWY, ACFT DEPARTED RWY IN TOTAL, COMING TO REST APPROX. 3000' FROM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. PILOT STATED THAT DURING DESCENT HE & THE COPILOT WERE LATE IN THE APPLICATION OF ALL THE AIRCRAFT'S ANTIICING DEVICES, AND AIRCRAFTS WINDSHIELD ICED OVER WHICH LIMITED ALL BUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF VISIBILITY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.