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ATL86LA056

1986-01-15 · CONWAY, South Carolina, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HYW

N6235Q has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (JERDE JOHN M RNS S6-ES 116 CYTEII), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

DURING NIGHT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES OFF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED THE GROUND 800 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN RECENTLY EXTENDED AND THE TREES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE CLEARED PRIOR TO COMPLETING THE EXTENSION PROJECT. THE TREES WERE CLEARED THE DAY AFTER THIS ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_ATL86LA056.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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