# Accident 19910111000389A: Beech F90, Nacogdoches, TX, January 11, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1991, 10:40 local time
- Place: Nacogdoches, TX
- Airport: A L Mangham Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5918° N, 94.7142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5918&lon=-94.7142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N311DS-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,689 total, 56 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910111000389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINES SURGED ON TAKEOFF PROPS WENT TO FEATHER. SETTLED INTO TREES. INDICATES SELENOID LINKAGES IMPROPER SETTING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW91FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA029), Jan 11, 1991: Beech F-90 (N311DS), Nacogdoches, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF THRUST DUE TO THE PROPELLER'S FEATHERING ON LIFTOFF AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER ADJUSTMENTS MADE DURING AN ENGINE CHANGE. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN TO WHICH THE PILOT COULD…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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