# Accident 19970110000309A: Beech 1900D, Bangor, ME, January 10, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 10, 1997, 09:23 local time - Place: Bangor, ME - Airport: Bangor International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: MASA - Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10 - Aircraft: N139ZV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139ZV-2012-07-02) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D - Reported engine: PWA PT6A67D - People aboard: 9 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA045) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970110000309A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. CRASHED ON TAKEOFF, ATTAINED ALTITUDE OF 400FT BEFORE DROPPING TO RUNWAY AND BREAKING IN TWO. (.4)DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, AS THE FO ROTATED THE AIRPLANE, THE STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATED. THE AIRPLANE LIFTED FROM THE RUNWAY WITH THE STALL HORN ON, AND ABOVE V1 SPEED THE PIC CALLED OUT TO ABORT. THE FO ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A SNOW BANK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORTS REVEALED OTHER STALL HORN ACTIVATION'S HAD OCCURRED ON TAKEOFF; SEVERAL OCCURRED AFTER DEICING AND WERE ATTRIBUTED TO FROZEN STALL VANES ON THE WING. THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE HAD BEEN DEICED PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF. THE BE1900 CHECK LIST CALLED FOR THE STALL VANE HEAT TO BE TURNED ON JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF. STALL TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE OPERATOR DID NOT INCLUDE BE1900 SIMULATORS, AND ALL RECOVERIES WERE INITIATED AT THE STALL HORN. THE FAA PRACTICAL TEST STANDARD FOR TYPE RATINGS REQUIRED THE RECOGNITION OF THE STALL BUFFET, STICK SHAKER, OR DECAY OF CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS. THE FLIGHT CREW HAD NOT RECEIVED WINTER OPERATIONS TRAINING, AND THIS WAS THE BOSTON BASED PIC'S THIRD TAKE OFF IN SNOW. MULTIPLE FAA INSPECTIONS OVER SEVERAL YEARS REVEALED THE OPERATOR WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS, WHICH INCLUDED THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM; HOWEVER, THEY CONTINUED TO OPERATE UNRESTRICTED. AIRPORT OPERATIONS HAD CEASED SNOW PLOWING THE 300 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY TO ACCOMMODATE AIRLINE OPERATIONS, AND REPORTED THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED 75 FEET WEST AND 150 FEET EAST OF RUNWAY CENTER. THE RUNWAY WAS MEASURED TO BE PLOWED 55 FEET LEFT OF CENTER, WITH A 1 FOOT HIGH, AND 10 FOOT WIDE PILE OF SNOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PLOWED PORTION HAD AN ICY COVERING. ## 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 NYC97FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA045), Jan 10, 1997: Beech 1900D (N139ZV), Bangor, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate flight and winter operations training provided by the operator, and the pilot's improper decision to abort the takeoff while airborne above V1, due to a false stall warning horn. Also… ## Other reports on N139ZV (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20070512008409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512008409I), May 12, 2007: Beech 1900D (N139ZV), Springfield, IL, No damage. (-23) During approach when crew selected gear down the landing gear relay control cb tripped when the gear was halfway down. The crew aborted the approach and… - [Incident 20020215008339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020215008339I), Feb 15, 2002: Beech 1900D (N139ZV), Jacksonville, FL. (-23) On February 15, 2002, at 08:12 local time, aircraft N139YV left engine oil pressure dropped to 75 PSI on climb out. The flight crew complied with the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.