19900130002129A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 208B · Burlington, VT · January 30, 1990

Date
January 30, 1990 · 21:00 local
Place
Burlington, VT
Airport
Burlington International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BQTA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4688B
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC90FA061
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A114
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,110 total270 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Over gross weight and not deiced after standing in heavy wet snow. Failed to climb on takeoff. Hit wires and trees.

As the FAA filed it

OVER GROSS WEIGHT AND NOT DEICED AFTER STANDING IN HEAVY WET SNOW. FAILED TO CLIMB ON TAKEOFF. HIT WIRES AND TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.