Event DEN84LTI01

1983-10-16 LIBBY, Montana, United States Airport · S59 Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4415W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GATES LEARJET CORP. 35A

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19790217

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A55170

Registrant of record

DODSON INTERNATIONAL PARTS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4415W BENSON B8M Serious

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES DURING A TAKEOFF AND DESCENDED INVERTED TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD NOT INTENDED TO FLY A PATTERN BUT MERELY TAKEOFF AND LAND IN A MODIFIED HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN. BUT ON THIS LAST RUN HE RAN OUT OF RWY AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND THE PATTERN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT SO HE REDUCED POWER AND THE ACFT SETTLED INTO THE TREES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_DEN84LTI01.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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