Accident Sequence
As the first officer began the takeoff on runway 31, the airplane started to drift to the left. The captain attempted to correct that drift with the use of the nosewheel tiller. Moments later, they heard a "bang" and then a rumbling noise. That was the result of the nose tire flying off its rim, after being damaged by the captain's improper use of that nosewheel steering tiller. The captain then took over control from the first officer and aborted the takeoff, but he was unable to stop the plane before it ran off the end of the runway into Bowery Bay. The airplane collided with a wooden approach lighting stanchion or pier, as it went off the end of the overrun. The fuselage separated into three sections with the forward section resting on part of the elevated light stanchion and the aft section partially submerged. All of the fuselage fractures were due to overstress.
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