# Accident 19940804020179A: Beech A100, North Adams, MA, August 4, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1994, 16:05 local time
- Place: North Adams, MA
- Airport: Harriman-And-West Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: APGA
- Location: 42.6963° N, 73.1706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIMAN-AND-WEST (AQW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6963&lon=-73.1706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7GA-1997-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A100 (registry code 1152915, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 106 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940804020179A

## Narrative

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

LOST THRUST LEFT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. PROP HAD FEATHERED. GOT BELOW IMC. DUE P FACTOR. POSSIBLE PROP SYSTEM RIGGING.

## 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 NYC94FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA148), Aug 4, 1994: Beech A100 (N7GA), Williamstown, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain minimum control speed after an undetermined loss of engine power, which resulted in an inadvertent stall at too low of an altitude to allow recovery.

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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