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Date
August 24, 1995 · 19:45 local
Place
Butler, PA
Airport
Butler County Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N214K
Reported as
Beech E90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,785 total42 in this make and model128 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.
Lost down elevator control on final used trim. Cable severed by arcing of electrical bundle that sagged onto cable.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DOWN ELEVATOR CONTROL ON FINAL USED TRIM. CABLE SEVERED BY ARCING OF ELECTRICAL BUNDLE THAT SAGGED ONTO CABLE.