# Accident 19980516009479A: Beagle B.206 SERIES 2, Vernon, TX, May 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1998, 07:53 local time
- Place: Vernon, TX
- Airport: Wilbarger Count Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1405° N, 99.2992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1405&lon=-99.2992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1885S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1885S-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beagle B.206 SERIES 2 (registry code 1121224, https://openairdocs.org/model/beagle-b-206-series-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980516009479A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRC ON TAKEOFF, ALL 3 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJ, ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. VERNON, TX.                                    (-23) ON 16 MAY, 1998, THE FORT WORTH FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (AFW FSDO) WAS NOTIFIED AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 LOCAL TIME OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES EAST OF VERNON, TEXAS. WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER A LONG ENGINE RUN-UP THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF IN AN EASTERN DIRECTION. ANOTHER WITNESS STATED AFTER TAKEOFF THE LEFT ENGINE SEEMED TO DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM. APPROXIMATELY 60 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT BANKED HARD TO THE LEFT (EAST) MAINTAINING A HEIGHT OF 150 TO 300 FEET AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 100 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED EAST ALONG TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY 283 FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE THEN TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT (WEST) AGAIN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PLUNGED ALMOST 90 DEGREES INTO THE CENTER OF TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY 283 AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT ENGINE STRUCK THE HIGHWAY FIRST, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CARTWHEEL INTO A NEARBY FIELD IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT SWUNG OVER THE COCKPIT. THE  LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED. THIS WAS DETERMINED BY THE POSITION OF THE PROPELLER BLADES; ALSO, THE COCKPIT CONTROLS SHOWED THE LEFT HAND PROPELLER POSITION LEVER WAS IN THE DOWN OR FULL FEATHER POSITION. BOTH ENGINES WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE MAXIMUM THROTTLE POSITION, FUEL MIXTURE WAS IN THE RICH POSITION AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER POSITION LEVER WAS IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THE IMPACT SITE INDICATED THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS DEVELOPING POWER. THIS WAS DETERMINED BY THE TWIST MARKS ON THE PROP AND COCKPIT LEVERS POSITION. AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULL OF FUEL (APPROX. 228 US GALLONS). ALL THREE PEOPLE WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 FTW98FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA216), May 16, 1998: Beagle B-206 (N1885S), Vernon, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the airplane's minimum controllable airspeed following a loss of left engine power after takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing factors were 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.

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