Accident Beechcraft B90 King Air N642DH, Sunday 11 March 1984

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Date:	Sunday 11 March 1984
Time:	02:10 LT
Type:	Beechcraft B90 King Air
Owner/operator:	Diamond Airways, Inc.
Registration:	N642DH
MSN:	LJ-420
Engine model:	P&W PT6A-20
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Columbus, OH - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Miami, FL (KMIA)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE TAKING OFF ON RWY 27L, THE ACFT CONTACTED A RIDGE OF SNOW AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWY 14, WHERE RWY 14 HAD BEEN PLOWED. AFTER STRIKING THE SNOW, THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT & THE PLT NOTED A REDUCTION OF POWER FROM THE RIGHT ENG. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR THEN WENT INTO DEEPER SNOW WHICH ACCELERATED THE RIGHT TURN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE GEAR ENCOUNTERED AN ICE COVERED DRIFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY & COLLAPSED.

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