# Accident 19990213001379A: Beech A24R, Philadelphia, MS, February 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1999, 06:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, MS
- Airport: Philadelphia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7703° N, 89.1005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7703&lon=-89.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24624-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A24R (registry code 1151252, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A24R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 120 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990213001379A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKE OFF WHEN IT LOST CONTROL, RAN INTO A DITCH, AND STRUCK A TREE. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AE UNKNOWN. ON FEBRUARY 13,1999, ABOUT 0630 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH A24R, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND A TREE DURING TAXING TO TAKEOFF AT PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE LEFT WING TIE DOWN ROPE THROUGH THE WING TIE DOWN FITTING THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENTM, DUE TO A KNOW IN THE ROPE. AS HE ADDED A QUART OF OIL TO THE ENGINE DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION HE REMEMBERS UNTYING THE TIE DOWN ROPES. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER STRUGGLING WITH THE LEFT TIE DOWN ROPE TO GET THE KNOTTED EDN BACK THROUG THE FITTING. HE COMPLETED THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, GOT IN AND STARTED THE ENGINE. AS HE APPLIED ENGINE POWER TO BEGIN TAXING, THE AIRCRAFT JERKED AND HE WAS THROWN TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE BELIEVES HE PUSHED THE ENGINE THROTTLE FURTHER FORWARD AS THE AIRCRAFT JERKED. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED 180 DEGREES AND HE REDUCED THE ENGINE THROTTLE TO IDLE. HE DID NOT FULLY STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE LANDING GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT WHICH HAD ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AND WENT INTO A DITCH AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE. (-23) PILOT DID NOT UNTIE AND REMOVE THE RT WING TIE DOWN ROPE BEFORE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT WAS VIOLENTLY TURNED 180 DEGREES WHEN TIE DOWN ROPE (KNOT) CAUGHT IN TIE DOWN BRACKET ON RT. WING. PILOT SAYS THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED SOMEHOW WHEN HE WAS JERKED ABOUT.  AIRCRAFT TRAVELED OVER 2000' AND IMPACTED TREES.  (.4)  THE PILOT STATED HE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE KNOTTED TIE DOWN ROPE THROUGH THE LEFT WING TIE DOWN FITTING WHEN HE PARKED THE AIRCRAFT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT HE DID NOT RECALL STRUGGLING TO GET THE ROPE FREE FROM THE FITTING. AS HE STARTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT JERKED TO THE LEFT AND HE INADVERTENTLY ADVANCED THE THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A DITCH AND THEN COLLIDED WITH A TREE.

## 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 MIA99LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA083), Feb 13, 1999: Beech A24R (N24624), Philadelphia, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to ensure the aircraft tie down ropes were free from the aircraft prior to taxiing. This resulted in the aircraft turning uncontrolled when taxi was initiated due to a…

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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