# Accident 19990227001769A: Beech AT11, Tampa, FL, February 27, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 27, 1999, 10:10 local time - Place: Tampa, FL - Airport: Peter O Knight Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.9500° N, 82.4795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9500&lon=-82.4795&mi=10 - Aircraft: N65860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65860-2001-10-09) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech AT-11 (registry code 1150202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-at-11) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH AT11 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA095) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990227001769A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 1943 BEECHCRAFT AT-11 ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (.19) ON FEBRUARY 27, 1999, ABOUT 1010 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH AT11/18, N65860, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PETER O'KNIGHT AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND, AND A PRIVATE-RATED PILOT/PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME, AND WAS ENROUTE TO LAKELAND, FLORIDA. WITNESSES SAW THE AIRPLANE DEPART THE AIRPORT TO THE SOUTH, TURN LEFT AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND (AGL), FLY DOWNWIND TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY, AND THEN TURN RIGHT. THE WITNESSES SAW THE ANGLE OF BANK INCREASE, AND THE AIRPLANE DESCEND RAPIDLY. THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN IMPACTING ON A FOUR-LANE HARD SURFACE ROAD THAT RAN NORTH AND SOUTH. THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, AND IMPACTED THE ROAD WITH THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION; THE NOSE STRUCK THE HIGHWAY CENTER MEDIAN, THE LEFT WING STRUCK A WOODEN POWER POLE AND LINES, BURST INTO FLAMES AND CAME TO REST IN MARSHY AREA ON THE EASTSIDE OF THE ROAD.(.4) WITNESSES SAW THE AIRPLANE DEPART THE AIRPORT TO THE SOUTH, TURN LEFT AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND (AGL), FLY DOWNWIND TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY, CLIMB TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 800 TO 1,000 FEET, AND THEN TURN RIGHT. A WITNESS, WHO WAS OPERATING A CRANE NEAR THE CRASH SITE SAID, HE SAW THE AIRPLANE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH HEADING TOWARDS THE NORTH, TURN TO THE RIGHT (EAST), AND FLEW DIRECTLY OVER HIM. HE TOLD POLICE OFFICERS THAT HE COULD SEE BOTH PROPELLERS `SPINNING,' AND COULD `ACTUALLY SEE THE PILOT FLYING THE PLANE.' THE WITNESS SAID, `...[THE] MOTOR SOUNDED FINE...[AND THE AIRPLANE] TOOK A SHARP DOWNWARD FALL, HIT THE ROAD AND BOUNCED IN THE AIR, THEN FIRE STARTED...' OTHER WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW THE ANGLE OF BANK INCREASE, THE AIRPLANE DESCEND RAPIDLY, IMPACT ON A FOUR-LANE HARD SURFACE ROAD RIGHT WING FIRST, STRIKE A WOODEN POWER POLE, BURST INTO FLAMES, AND COME TO REST IN MARSHY AREA ON THE EASTSIDE OF THE ROAD. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME, ENGINE AND PROPELLER REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. (-23)ON FEBRUARY 27, 1999, AT 0950 EST, A BEECH AT-11, N65860, SERIAL NO. 1452 CRASHED AND BURNED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. ## 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 MIA99FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA095), Feb 27, 1999: Beech AT11/18 (N65860), Tampa, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to allow for 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. --- 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.