| Date: | Thursday 4 October 1984 |
| Time: | 23:37 |
| Type: |  MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet |
| Owner/operator: | McCollum Aviation |
| Registration: | N127MW |
| MSN: | 1027 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3200 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aberdeen Municipal Airport, SD (ABR) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Aberdeen Municipal Airport, SD (ABR/KABR) |
| Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI (YIP/KYIP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crew selected wrong runway (17 instead of 13) for takeoff. Overran 3860 feet long runway, struck a fence, a ditch, a road and another ditch before becoming airborne. Descended in a right turn and crashed. Aircraft also over gross weight by 1 ton.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
wrong runway..selected..pilot in command
inattentive..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
aircraft weight and balance..exceeded..pilot in command
light condition..night
fatigue..pilot in command
fatigue..copilot/second pilot
Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); 22 September 1971
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